Associations to the word «Diwan»

Dictionary definition

DIWAN, noun. A Muslim council of state.
DIWAN, noun. A collection of Persian or Arabic poems (usually by one author).
DIWAN, noun. A Muslim council chamber or law court.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope