Divan

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Divan (originally Persian دیوان Divan , DMG divân , also Arabic ديوان Dīwān , DMG dīwān  'collection, assembly, office') stands for:

  • Diwan (administration) , a council assembly or authority in Islamic culture
  • Divan as a text collection:
  • Divan (upholstered bench) , originally a (comfortable) seat of the official, a sofa bed without a backrest, see sofa
  • Divan (coat) , long garment
  • Diwân (1998) and Diwân 2 (2006), two studio albums by the Algerian singer Rachid Taha
  • Diwan, Breton association, see Diwan schools
  • diVan , backing band of the musician Gültekin Kaan
  • Diwan , German experimental film by director Werner Nekes from 1974


See also:

Wiktionary: Diwan  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations