Definition of: divan

(di·van′, dī′van) noun
1. A cushioned or pillowed place for reclining; a couch.
2. A café; smoking–room.
3. An Oriental governmental council; a council chamber.
4. A collection of poems usually written by one man: also spelled diwan. [<Turkish dīvān <Persian dēvān, orig. a collection of poems, a register; later, a council, a chamber, a bench]