Arabic vocabulary
دِيوَانoffice
How to say “office” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
ويدخل فيهم الملوك والمشايخ وأهل الديوان،
This includes kings, sheikhs, and those in administrative offices.
الدِّيوَانِ — administrative offices. The 'the' makes this noun definite, and it owns the preceding 'people of', giving 'the people of the registry' (the administrative offices). As the owner in the 'of' pairing it takes the genitive ending.
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