դիւան

From Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”). Compare Persian دیوان‎ (divān).

դիւան • (diwan)

1. council chamber, court of justice or any large hall to conduct business, a divan
2. school
3. chancery; archives; library; control, register; court of records
4. a kind of a tax

• Armenian: դիվան (divan)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դիւան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “դիւան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դիւան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press