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diwani

diwani is the alternative form of dewani.

Meaning of dewani

Noun

dewani (plural dewanis)

  1. The role or office of dewan.
    • He had fought for the British in wars which led to the 1765 grant to the British of the diwani of Bengal, the right to collect taxes and decide civil cases.2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 34

Noun capitalized: Diwani

Diwani (uncountable)

  1. A calligraphic style of the Arabic script developed in the Ottoman court.

Forms of diwani

pluraldiwanis
alternative formDiwany

Origin of diwani

From Arabic دِيوَانِيّ (dīwāniyy).

Questions about diwani

What does diwani mean?
Diwani means a calligraphic style of the Arabic script developed in the Ottoman court.
What is diwani the alternative form of?
Diwani is the alternative form of dewani.
What part of speech is diwani?
Diwani is a noun.
What is the plural of diwani?
The plural of diwani is diwanis.

Words near diwani in the dictionary

  1. divying up
  2. Diwakar
  3. Diwali
  4. Diwalis
  5. diwan
  6. diwani
  7. diwanis
  8. diwaniya
  9. diwaniyas
  10. Diwanji
  11. diwans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diwani (page history and authors); Diwani (page history and authors); dewani (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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