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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”). Compare Persian دیوان (divân).
Noun
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
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References
- 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