দিওয়ান

Bengali

Alternative forms

• দেওয়ান (deōẇan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), which is from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from the earlier *diβi-vān, from the adjective *dipi-vān- (“relating to documents”), from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam (“document house”), composed from 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 (di-i-p-i /⁠dipi-⁠/, “inscription; document”) (from Elamite, from Akkadian 𒁾𒁍𒌝 (ṭuppum, “tablet, document, letter”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “clay tablet”), and *vahana- (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”). Doublet of দেওয়ান (deōẇan).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪i̯o̯an/, [ˈd̪i̯o̯an]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪i̯o̯an/, [ˈd̪i̯o̯an]

Noun

দিওয়ান • (diōẇan) (objective দিওয়ান (diōẇan) or দিওয়ানকে (diōẇanoke), genitive দিওয়ানের (diōẇaner), locative দিওয়ানে (diōẇane))

1. A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.

References

• Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
• Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh