(Reverse question: is a definition. The answer is the concept ). Divan ( sust. MASC ): ) seat elongated, mullido, usually without backup, with loose cushions. Synonym: «reposet». In addition the term divan has meant: ) Council of Ministers of the Ottoman Empire ( 41 Turkish; (b) ) the Council itself; c ) this Council meeting room; (d) ) collection of Oriental poems, especially Arabs, Persians and Turks. The word divan comes from classical Arabic "diwan", and of the pelvi ( 41 Persian; 'dewan': file, registry - troops, which became the meaning of collection of poems and songs, then administrative offices, mainly customs, because they were fitted with sofas. ( Information from the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy and the Dizionario Garzanti della Lingua Italiana ).
