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Word: Divan
Speech Type: Noun
late 16th century (in divan (sense 3 of the noun)): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th century)
dɪˈvan
a bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard.
Short Definition:bed consisting of base and mattress but no footboard or headboard
a long, low sofa without a back or arms.
Short Definition:long, low sofa without back
a legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East.
Short Definition:legislative body, council chamber
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