# div
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Dhivehi terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɪv/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪv

### Etymology 1

Clipping of division.

#### Noun

div (plural divs)
* (mathematics, computing) A function, implemented in many programming languages, that returns the result of a division of two integers.
* (web design) A section of a web page, or the div element that represents it in HTML code.
    Coordinate term: section break
* (UK, Eton College, school slang) A division; a lesson.
* (UK, Winchester College) division; a subject with multidisciplinary scope.
* (military) A division.

##### Derived terms

* (web design): divitis (jargon)

#### Verb

div
* Abbreviation of divide.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Clipping of divergence.

#### Noun

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

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

Clipping of divinity.

#### Noun

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

##### Synonyms

* divvers

### Etymology 4

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

#### Noun

div (plural divs)
* (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.

### Etymology 5

From Iranian Persian دیو (div, “demon”), from Classical Persian دیو (dēw), from Middle Persian 𐫅𐫏𐫇 (dyw)/[script needed] (ŠDYA /⁠dēw⁠/, “evil spirit, demon”), from Old Persian 𐎭𐎡𐎺 (d-i-v /⁠daivaʰ⁠/, “false god; demon”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *daywás (“god, supernatural being”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). 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.

#### Noun

div (plural divs)
* Alternative form of daeva

### Anagrams

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

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian دیو.

### Noun

div (definite accusative divi, plural divlər)
* daeva, div, man-eating cyclops

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “div” in Obastan.com.

## Breton
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiw/

### Numeral

div f (masculine form daou)
* two

#### See also

* (cardinal number): Previous: unan. Next: teir

## Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɟɪf]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

div m inan
* wonder
    Alenka v říši divů ― Alice in wonderland

#### Related terms

* divný
* obdiv
* odiv
* podiv
* podivín
* údiv
* divit
* dívat
* podivit
* udivit
* vynadivit

### Further reading

* “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)

## Indonesian
### Noun

div
* (law enforcement) Abbreviation of divisi (“division”).

## Latgalian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdʲif]
* Hyphenation: div

### Numeral

div
* two

#### Usage notes

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

### References

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

## Old Czech
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈɟiʋ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈɟif/

### Noun

div m inan
* amazement, astonishment
* that which causes astonishment
** strange matter, an unusual story, that arouses wonder, amazement
** (biblical) that which arouses wonder, astonishment, amazement, an astonishing act
* wonder, miracle, amazing feat
* sign (manifestation, etc. serving as confirmation of something)

#### Derived terms

* morský div m
* mořský div m

#### Descendants

* Czech: div

### Further reading

* 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

## Old Slovak
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

div m inan
* amazement, astonishment
* that which causes astonishment
* wonder, miracle

##### Descendants

* Slovak: div

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

div m inan
* (finance) assets

### Further reading

* 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

## Scots
### Verb

tae div
* (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.(please add an English translation of this usage example)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیو (div), from Persian دیو (div), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deywós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dîʋ/

### Noun

dȉv m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏в)
* giant

#### Derived terms

* dìvovskī

## Swedish
### Noun

div
* div; the divergence operator

### Anagrams

* vid