a long low couch, usu without arms or back, placed against a wall
a bed of a similar style without a head or foot board
the privy council of the Ottoman Empire
a council chamber in some Muslim countries, esp Turkey; the council itself
an anthology of poems in Persian or Arabic, usu by a single author
Turkish dīvan from Persian dīwān account book, court, bench. Persian dīwān orig meant a brochure or booklet, hence a collection of poems or of the records of an assembly, the assembly itself, a bench built along the wall of a courtroom or council chamber, a couch