দিওয়ান
Bengali
Alternative forms
- দেওয়ান (deoyan)
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دیوان (dēwān), which is from Middle Persian d(p)ywʾn' (dēwān, “archive, collected writings”), from the earlier *diβi-vān, from the adjective *dipi-vān- (“relating to documents”), from Old Persian *dipi-vahanam (“document house”), composed from 𐎮𐎡𐎱𐎡 (di-i-p-i /dipi-/, “inscription; document”) (from Elamite, from Akkadian 𒁾𒁍𒌝 (ṭuppum, “tablet, document, letter”), from Sumerian 𒁾 (dub, “clay tablet”), and *vahana- (“house”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell”). Doublet of দেওয়ান (deoyan).
Noun
দিওয়ান • (dioyan) (objective দিওয়ান or দিওয়ানকে, genitive দিওয়ানের, locative দিওয়ানে)
- A collection of poems, especially one written by one author in Arabic or Persian.
References
- Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “দিওয়ান” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh