div

Abbreviation of English Dhivehi or Dhivehi ދިވެހި (divehi).

div

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Dhivehi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Dhivehi terms

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪv/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪv

Clipping of division.

div (plural divs)

1. (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
3. (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.

   Coordinate term: section break

4. (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
5. (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
6. (military) A division.

• (web design): divitis (jargon)

div

1. Abbreviation of divide.

Clipping of divergence.

div

1. (vector calculus) Divergence; a kind of differential operator.

Clipping of divinity.

div (uncountable)

1. (UK, Ireland, uncountable, slang) Divinity, as a school subject.

• divvers

UK, 1980s. Clipping of divvy (“a foolish person”).

div (plural divs)

1. (UK, Ireland, slang) A foolish person; an idiot.
   • 2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 13:

     Too many commentators are quick to accuse their enemies of being evil. It's far, far more effective to point out that they're acting like divs instead.

   • 2016, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons & Rob Gibbons, Alan Partridge: Nomad, page 145:

     To put it bluntly – without wanting to attract the ire of mental-health charities – he was a div who went schizo.

   • 2017, Shappi Khorsandi, Nina Is Not OK, page 2:

     Zoe reads a lot and isn't a div like girls as pretty as her can be.

Borrowed from Iranian Persian دیوْ (div), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós. Doublet of daeva and deva, and (via PIE) related to Tiw, Zeus, and deus. Compare the root *div- in divine and diva as well as *dei- in deity, deism etc.

div (plural divs)

1. Alternative form of daeva.

• VDI, IVD, IDV, vid, D.V.I., DVI, vid.

Borrowed from Persian دیو (dēw / div), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.

div (definite accusative divi, plural divlər)

1. daeva, div, man-eating cyclops

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “div”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 650

Breton numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	2	3  → [a], [b]
Cardinal (feminine): div     Cardinal (masculine): daou     Ordinal: eil     Ordinal abbreviation: 2l

From Middle Breton diu, from Old Breton diu, from Proto-Brythonic *duɨ (feminine of *dow), from Proto-Celtic *dwī (feminine of *duwo). Compare Cornish diw and Welsh dwy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiw/

div f (masculine daou)

1. two

Inherited from Old Czech div, from Proto-Slavic *divъ. Compare Polish dziw, Russian ди́во (dívo).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɪf]

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div m inan

1. wonder

   Alenka v říši divů ― Alice in wonderland

• “div”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “div”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “div”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

div

1. (law enforcement) abbreviation of divisi (“division”)

Shortened form of diveji, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *duwō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Akin to Latvian divi.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdʲif]
• Hyphenation: div

div

1. two

• div and divi are invariant for any gender and case, while diveji is declined.

• Nicole Nau (2011), A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 33

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”).

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɟiʋ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈɟif/

div m inan

1. amazement, astonishment
2. that which causes astonishment
   1. strange matter, an unusual story, that arouses wonder, amazement
   2. (biblical) that which arouses wonder, astonishment, amazement, an astonishing act
3. wonder, miracle, amazing feat
4. sign (manifestation, etc. serving as confirmation of something)

• Czech: div

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “div”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dȋvъ (“astonishment; wonder, miracle”). First attested in the 14th century.

div m inan

1. amazement, astonishment
2. that which causes astonishment
3. wonder, miracle

• Slovak: div

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). First attested in 1551.

div m inan

1. (finance) assets

• Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “div”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

tae div

1. (auxiliary) Form of tae dae used in the east of Scotland as an auxiliary. Nowadays most often found in Aberdeenshire, Angus, Moray, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.

   A div agree wi ye.

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (dev, div), borrowed from Classical Persian دیوْ (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw /⁠dēw⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *daywáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós, from *dyew- + *-ós.

• IPA^(key): /dîʋ/

dȉv m anim (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)

1. giant

• dìvovskī

div

1. div; the divergence operator

• vid