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ديوان

English translation: divan - collection

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Arabic term or phrase:ديوان
English translation:divan - collection
Entered by: Ramadan Ibrahim

11:06 Jun 6, 2020
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: ديوان
هل كانت مواظبتي، على قراءة القرآن عند الشيخ بكري، في كلّ العطل الصيفية قبل ذلك، هو ما مهّد لإحساسي بالمتعة الغامضة في نسخ ديوان بدر شاكر السياب؟ ربما.
Haneen Salameh
Palestine
divan - collection
Explanation:
Divan : a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author
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Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 09:33
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divan - collection


Explanation:
Divan : a collection of poems in Persian or Arabic usually by one author


Example sentence(s):
  • The vast majority of Divan poetry was lyric in nature: either ghazals or qasidas.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divan
Ramadan Ibrahim
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 09:33
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 14
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Youssef Chabat
48 mins
  -> Many thanks, Youssef!
agree  Fuad Yahya: Regardless of what Merriam-Webster's says, "divan" is to be positively avoided. The word ديوان here means "The Collected Poems of" or "The Collected Poetry of." That is the standard moniker for such a collection.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  adel almergawy
7 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Mohammed EL HALLOUBI
8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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