False Friends in Slavic Languages
Bosnian ‘divan’
The database knows following meanings of the Bosnian word ‘divan’:
- settee, sofa
- talk
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Bosnian ‘divan’:
- is a complete false friend in Belarusian and Polish.
- is a true friend in Croatian.
- does not have all its Bosnian meanings in Bulgarian, Czech, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
- has additional meanings in Serbian and Ukrainian.
- does not have any formally similar counterparts in Kashubian or Macedonian.
- The Bosnian meaning ‘settee, sofa’ is shared by Bulgarian диван, Croatian divan, Czech divan, Russian диван, Serbian диван, Slovak diván, Slovenian divan and Ukrainian диван.
- The Bosnian meaning ‘talk’ is shared by Croatian divan and Serbian диван.
- The meaning ‘carpet’ (not present in Bosnian ‘divan’, translated as ‘ćilim’) is attested in Belarusian дыван and Polish dywan.
- The meaning ‘couch’ (not present in Bosnian ‘divan’) is attested in Ukrainian диван.
- The meaning ‘sofa’ (not present in Bosnian ‘divan’) is attested in Ukrainian диван.
- The meaning ‘beautiful’ (not present in Bosnian ‘divan’) is attested in Serbian диван.
NB: No information yet for Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
| Bosnian divan |
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| Belarusian дыван |
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| Bulgarian диван |
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| Croatian divan |
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| Czech divan |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bosnian divan |
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| Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
| Bosnian divan |
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| Polish dywan |
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| Russian диван |
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| Serbian диван |
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| Slovak diván |
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| Slovenian divan |
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| Ukrainian диван |
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< Turkish divan
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Meanings:  ‘carpet’
 ‘settee, sofa’
 ‘couch’
 ‘sofa’
 ‘talk’
 ‘beautiful’
 no such word
no information yet
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| carpet | settee, sofa | couch | sofa | talk | beautiful | |
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| Meanings | carpet | settee, sofa | couch | sofa | talk | beautiful |
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