divã

See also: diva, díva, and Diva

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French divan, from Ottoman Turkish دیوان (dîvân), from Persian (divân).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈvɐ̃/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈvɐ̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /diˈbɐ̃/ [diˈβɐ̃]

Rhymes: -ɐ̃
Hyphenation: di‧vã

Noun

divã m (plural divãs)

divan, couch
(historical) divan (Muslim council of state of the Ottoman Empire)
(poetry) divan (collection of poems)

Further reading

“divã”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
“divã”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025