دوان davān act. part. of davīdan, and=S. धावन; cf. dav
P دوان davān (act. part. of davīdan, and=S. धावन; cf. dav), part. adj. Running, walking fast.
ديوان dīwān said to be orig. dev-ān, 'an assembly of kings or great men'; and prob. fr. Zend dīv = S. दिव; A. dīwān, fr. the Persian
P ديوان dīwān (said to be orig. dev-ān, 'an assembly of kings or great men'; and prob. fr. Zend dīv = S. दिव; A. dīwān, fr. the Persian), s.m. A royal court; a tribunal (of justice or revenue); a council of state, senate, divan; a court or hall of audience;—a minister, a chief officer of state; finance minister, head of the revenue or financial department; a secretary; a steward;—a complete series of odes or other poems by one author running through the whole alphabet (the rhymes of the first class terminating in alif, the second in be, and so on);—the collected writings of an author:—dīwān-ě-aʻlā, s.m. A prime minister, a vazīr:—dīwān-ě-ḵẖāṣ, s.m. Privy-council-chamber, cabinet council:—dīwān-ě-ḵẖāliṣa, s.m. Accountant-general of the royal revenue, chancellor of the exchequer:—dīwān-ḵẖāna, s.m. A tribunal, office; a hall of audience, hall, court, chamber, a public room (detached from the house):—dīwān-ě-ʻām, s.m. Public hall of audience.
