diwan

British  

/ dɪˈwɑːn /

noun

1. a variant of dewan divan divan divan divan

---

Example Sentences

But lower and lower she cowered upon the diwan.

From The Golden Scorpion by Rohmer, Sax

The rolling, ever-rolling years of time   Are as a diwan of Arabian song;   The poet, headstrong and supremely strong, Refuses to repeat a single rhyme.

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

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

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

We then mounted a carriage, fought our way through the donkeys, and in half an hour found ourselves, chibuk in mouth and coffee-cup in hand, seated on the diwan of my friend Larking's hospitable home.

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