diwan

British  

/ dɪˈwɑːn /

noun

1. a variant of dewan divan divan divan divan

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Example Sentences

It was a little, whey-faced, black-bearded Turk, coiled up in the usual conglomerate posture upon a calico-covered diwan, at the end of a long, bare, large- windowed room.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

What appears advisable is that we should devote this introduction to a commentary on the poems here translated; which we call a "diwan," by the way, because they are selected out of all his works.

From The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Baerlein, Henry

Stuart's hands convulsively clutched the covering of the diwan as the sinister figure approached.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

He was lying upon a deep diwan, which was covered with leopard-skins and which occupied one corner of the most extraordinary room he had ever seen or ever could have imagined.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

Finding the room to be occupied only by Miska, he crossed rapidly to the diwan, bending over her with infinite pity and tenderness.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax