dywan

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɘ.van/

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• Rhymes: -ɘvan
• Syllabification: dy‧wan
• Homophone: Dywan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوان.

dywan m inan (diminutive dywanik, related adjective dywanowy)

1. carpet, rug (fabric used as a floor covering)

   Hyponym: kobierzec

   latający dywan ― flying carpet/magic carpet

2. (figurative) carpet (thick layer of some object or substance, flatly covering an extensive area)

   Synonym: kobierzec

   dywan kwiatów ― carpet of flowers

3. (government, historical, Islam) divan (Muslim council of state)
4. (government, historical, Islam) divan (council viziers of the Ottoman Empire that discussed and recommended new laws and law changes to a higher authority (the sultan))

Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān).

dywan m inan

1. (poetry) divan, diwan (collection of poems by one author, usually excluding his or her long poems (mathnawī))

• dywan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dywan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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