Topic: Polish

"Nie lubię starych dywanów."

Translation:I do not like old carpets.

August 26, 2016

5 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/va-diim

    RU: Nie liubliu starych diwanow. This means "I don't like old couches," in Russian. Interesting how dywan came to mean "carpet" in Polish but "couch" in Russian.

    August 26, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/MarcinM85

      It's indeed interesting. The word comes actually from Persian, where it meant originally "archive" and "collected writings":
      https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dyw%CA%BEn%27#Middle_Persian
      In modern Persian it also means "council".

      August 26, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/bananaheadjjo

        Thats funny in italian divano also means couch or sofa

        November 26, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/Euhan1

          This sounds like it was a dish. A bit like "Ropa vieja".

          February 13, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/ZosiaD5
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          In it's a long piece of furniture for people to sit on. Un divan = un canapé or un sofa I po polsku, "canapé" to "sofa" ale "diwan" znaczy "tapis"

          March 10, 2019
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