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See also: diam.

Translingual

Symbol

diamCategory:Translingual lemmas#DIAM Category:Translingual symbols#DIAM Category:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

(mathematics Category:mul:Mathematics#DIAM) diameter
$\mathrm {diam} (X):=\sup\{d(x,y):x,y\in X\}$

English

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Noun

diam (plural diams)Category:English lemmas#DIAM Category:English nouns#DIAM Category:English countable nouns#DIAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

Clipping of diamondCategory:English clippings#DIAM.

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from Malay Category:English terms borrowed from Malay#DIAM Category:English unadapted borrowings from Malay#DIAM Category:English terms derived from Malay#DIAM diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien Category:English terms borrowed from Hokkien#DIAM Category:English terms derived from Hokkien#DIAM 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew Category:English terms borrowed from Teochew#DIAM Category:English terms derived from Teochew#DIAM 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdi.am/, (some speakers) [tjɑm˦˨]Category:English 2-syllable words#DIAM Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAM

Interjection

diamCategory:English lemmas#DIAM Category:English interjections#DIAM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

(informal Category:English informal terms#DIAM, Singapore Category:Singapore English#DIAM, chiefly Malaysia Category:Malaysian English#DIAM) Be quiet.
- 2004 August 21, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
  Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DIAM
- 2012 September 23, “Najib wants more time for another run.”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
  If the answer is affirmative, then he is qualified to talk to us. Otherwise, diam lah.
  Category:English terms with quotations#DIAM
- 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
  So diam lah, baruah bangsat!
  Category:English terms with quotations#DIAM

Collocations

(be quiet):

Diam lah!Category:English terms with collocations#DIAM (Used to tell someone to shut up)

Anagrams

Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, maid

Category:Manglish Category:English abbreviations#DIAM

Indonesian

Alternative forms

diem (colloquial, chiefly Java)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#DIAM Category:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#DIAM diam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Indonesian terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#DIAM Category:Indonesian terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#DIAM *hidəm (“keep something to oneself; silent, secret”). Cognate with Old Javanese ḍyam (“silent”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiam/ [ˈdi.am]Category:Indonesian 2-syllable words#DIAM Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAM
Rhymes: -am Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/am#DIAM Category:Rhymes:Indonesian/am/2 syllables#DIAM
Syllabification: di‧am

Adjective

diam (comparative lebih diam, superlative paling diam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#DIAM Category:Indonesian adjectives#DIAM Category:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

quiet
Synonyms: pelan, (of animals or humans) pendiam
silent
Synonym: senyap
still; stationary (not moving)
idle; inactive

Verb

diamCategory:Indonesian lemmas#DIAM Category:Indonesian verbs#DIAM Category:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

(intransitive Category:Indonesian intransitive verbs#DIAM) to stay
Synonyms: berdiam, menetap

Derived terms

berdiam (“to silence, become silent; to stay, live”)
berdiam-diaman (“to be silent”)
berkediaman (“to reside”)
diam-diam (“silently, secretly”)
keberdiaman (“silence, quietness”)
kediaman (“residence”)
(of animals or humans) kependiaman (“quietness”)
mendiami (“to inhabit”)
mendiamkan (“to silence, make silent”)
(of animals or humans) pendiam (“silent”)
sediam (“as silent as, as quiet as”)
terdiam (“silentest, quietest; silenced”)

References

Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*hidem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

idam, madi

Category:id:Sound#DIAM

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.ãː]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DIAM Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAM

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.am]Category:Latin 2-syllable words#DIAM Category:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAM

Adjective

dīamCategory:Latin non-lemma forms#DIAM Category:Latin adjective forms#DIAM Category:Latin entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

accusative feminine singular of dīus

Malay

Alternative forms

diem (Javanese Malay)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdiam/ [ˈdi.am]Category:Malay 2-syllable words#DIAM Category:Malay terms with IPA pronunciation#DIAM
Rhymes: -am Category:Rhymes:Malay/am#DIAM

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian Category:Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#DIAM Category:Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#DIAM *hidəm.

Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ديام, comparative lebih diam, superlative paling diam)Category:Malay lemmas#DIAM Category:Malay adjectives#DIAM Category:Malay entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

quiet; silent (with little or no sound)
still; stationary (not moving)
idle; inactive

Synonyms

senyap / سڽڤ

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

sediam [comparability] (se-)
diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
berdiamkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)
mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
memerdiamkan [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

diam ubi lagi kental, diam besi lagi sentil

Descendants

Indonesian: diam
→ English: diam

Interjection

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)Category:Malay lemmas#DIAM Category:Malay interjections#DIAM Category:Malay entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

Shut up!
Synonym: (more stressed) diamlah

Usage notes

This usage is considered impolite or rude.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Malay entries#DIAM

Verb

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)Category:Malay lemmas#DIAM Category:Malay verbs#DIAM Category:Malay entries with incorrect language header#DIAM Category:Pages with entries#DIAM Category:Pages with 5 entries#DIAM

to stay or reside in some space
Synonyms: duduk, tinggal, tetap

Kami mendiami asrama seketika menunggu cuaca reda kembali. ― We stayed at the hostel for a while waiting the weather to recede.Category:Malay terms with usage examples#DIAM

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
mengediami [intensity + agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (ke- + meN- + -i)
kediaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Anagrams

idam

Category:ms:Sound#DIAM

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