divan
playSimple Definition of divan
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: a long, low seat that has no back or arms or only part of a back and one arm
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: a bed that has a thick base and usually no footboard
Full Definition of divan
1 a : the privy council of the Ottoman Empire b : council
2 : a council chamber
3 : a large couch usually without back or arms often designed for use as a bed
4 : a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author
Examples of divan in a sentence
<whenever I stayed over at their house I usually slept on the divan in the living room>
Origin and Etymology of divan
Turkish, from Persian dīvān account book
First Known Use: 1586
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