MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Divani mean?
Divani has two familiar senses in Indo-Persian vocabulary: dīvānī can describe passionate absorption, and it can refer to the office or jurisdiction of a diwan. The former follows dīvāna, deeply enamoured, while the administrative sense follows dīvān, a court or office.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
दीवानी
Conventional spelling
Arabic
دیوانی
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
दिवानी
210 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Divani in Indian usage
2,641 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 1,269 records (48%).
- Recorded as male: 1,372 records (52%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 259 |
| 1950s | 479 |
| 1960s | 560 |
| 1970s | 466 |
| 1980s | 441 |
| 1990s | 304 |
| Other decades | 132 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttarakhand | 1,048 |
| Gujarat | 710 |
| Maharashtra | 359 |
| Rajasthan | 143 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 133 |
| Other states | 248 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001