False Friends in Slavic Languages
Czech ‘divan’
The database knows following meanings of the Czech word ‘divan’:
- settee, sofa
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The database has information related to this term for Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Kashubian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
Czech ‘divan’:
- The Czech meaning ‘settee, sofa’ is shared by Bosnian divan, Bulgarian диван, Croatian divan, Russian диван, Serbian диван, Slovak diván, Slovenian divan and Ukrainian диван.
- The meaning ‘carpet’ (not present in Czech ‘divan’, translated as ‘koberec’) is attested in Belarusian дыван and Polish dywan.
- The meaning ‘couch’ (not present in Czech ‘divan’) is attested in Ukrainian диван.
- The meaning ‘sofa’ (not present in Czech ‘divan’) is attested in Ukrainian диван.
- The meaning ‘talk’ (not present in Czech ‘divan’) is attested in Bosnian divan, Croatian divan and Serbian диван.
- The meaning ‘beautiful’ (not present in Czech ‘divan’) is attested in Serbian диван.
NB: No information yet for Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.
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| Belarusian дыван |
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| Bosnian divan |
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| Bulgarian диван |
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| Croatian divan |
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| Kashubian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Macedonian ∅ - no corresponding term. |
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| Russian диван |
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| Serbian диван |
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| Slovak diván |
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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
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| carpet | settee, sofa | couch | sofa | talk | beautiful | |
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| Belarusian дыван | + | |||||
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| Czech divan | + | |||||
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| Bulgarian диван | + | |||||
| Meanings | carpet | settee, sofa | couch | sofa | talk | beautiful |
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