Arabic vocabulary
الدِّيْوَانِthe Diwan
How to say “the Diwan” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَأَفْرَدْتُ لِلشَّيْخِ دَارًا بِدَرْبِ الدِّيْوَانِ،
And I set aside a house for the sheikh on Diwan Lane.
الدِّيْوَانِ — the Diwan. A definite place-name 'the Diwan' completing the 'lane of …' pair as its owner, in the genitive as the second member and lending definiteness back to 'lane'. Its leading 'the' assimilates in sound into the following letter.
From: An Exiled Scholar's Trials →
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