divans

We have found lemma(root) word of divans : divan.

Definitions


[dɪˈvan], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard

- a long, low sofa without a back or arms

- a legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire or elsewhere in the Middle East


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century (in divan): via French or Italian from Turkish dīvān, from Persian dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’; compare with diwan. As a piece of furniture, a divan was originally (early 18th century) a low bench or raised section of floor against an interior wall, used as a long seat and common in Middle Eastern countries; European imitation of this led to the sense ‘low flat sofa or bed’ (late 19th century)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries