divan

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
divan /dɪˈvan, dʌɪˈvan, ˈdʌɪvan/

▶noun

• 1 Brit. a bed consisting of a base and mattress but no footboard or headboard.

• 2 a long, low sofa without a back or arms.

• 3 historical a legislative body, council chamber, or court of justice in the Ottoman Empire.

– origin C16 (in sense 3): via Fr. or Ital. from Turk. dīvān, from Pers. dīwān ‘anthology, register, court, or bench’.