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divan.

divan, a council of state held between the viziers of the Ottoman Empire and the sultan

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/diːˈvan//diː.vaːˈnɯ/
  1. divan, a council of state held between the viziers of the Ottoman Empire and the sultan

    historical
  2. divan, a collection of poems, especially one written by an author in Arabic or Persian

  3. synonym of sedir (“divan, a piece of furniture”)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Classical Persian دِیوَان (dīwān), from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”).

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