Lexicographical Neighbors of Diwans
Literary usage of Diwans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Mœso-Gothic Glossary: With an Introduction, an Outline of Mœso-Gothic by Walter William Skeat (1868)
"(pt. t. dau; pi. di- wum; pp. diwans), to die; whence thata diwans, mortality,
the mortal part, 1 Cor. 15. 53, 54; 2 Cor. 5. 4. Der. diwans, un-diwans, ..."
2. Three Frenchmen in Bengal: Or, The Commercial Ruin of the French Settlements by Samuel Charles Hill (1903)
"During this wearisome interval I was visited by some of the diwans, among others by
... I pass into a hall, where I find Mr. Watts and a number of diwans. ..."