դիւան
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”). Compare Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun
[edit]դիւան • (diwan)
- council chamber, court of justice or any large hall to conduct business, a divan
- school
- chancery; archives; library; control, register; court of records
- a kind of a tax
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | դիւան (diwan) | դիւանք (diwankʻ) |
| genitive | դիւանի (diwani) | դիւանաց (diwanacʻ) |
| dative | դիւանի (diwani) | դիւանաց (diwanacʻ) |
| accusative | դիւան (diwan) | դիւանս (diwans) |
| ablative | դիւանէ (diwanē) | դիւանաց (diwanacʻ) |
| instrumental | դիւանաւ (diwanaw) | դիւանաւք = դիւանօք (diwanawkʻ = diwanōkʻ) |
| locative | դիւանի (diwani) | դիւանս (diwans) |
Derived terms
[edit]- դիւանագիր (diwanagir)
- դիւանադպիր (diwanadpir)
- դիւանապահ (diwanapah)
- դիւանապան (diwanapan)
- դիւանապետ (diwanapet)
- դիւանատուն (diwanatun)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: դիվան (divan)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դիւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դիւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դիւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press