"diwani" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-diwani.flac Forms: diwani class V [canonical], madiwani class VI [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (dêvân). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|دِيوَان}} Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), {{der|sw|fa|دیوان|tr=dêvân}} Persian دیوان (dêvân) Head templates: {{sw-noun|ma}} diwani class V (plural madiwani class VI)
  1. advisor, councillor Derived forms: udiwani (english: councillorship)
    Sense id: en-diwani-sw-noun-NRxECBVR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Politics Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0

Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-diwani.flac Forms: diwani class IX [canonical], diwani class X [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), from Persian دیوان (dêvân). Etymology templates: {{bor+|sw|ar|دِيوَان}} Borrowed from Arabic دِيوَان (dīwān), {{der|sw|fa|دیوان|tr=dêvân}} Persian دیوان (dêvân) Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} diwani class IX (plural diwani class X)
  1. anthology (collection of literary works)
    Sense id: en-diwani-sw-noun-fT-SWv6n Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header, Books Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Books: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People, Politics Disambiguation of People: 0 0 Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0

Inflected forms

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