diyan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧yan
• IPA^(key): /diˈan/, [ˈd͡ʒan̪]

Adverb

diyán

1. (location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)

   Coordinate terms: duman, digdi

Javanese

Romanization

diyan

1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dian — now dialectal
• d'yan — contraction
• diyaan, dyan, dyaan — nonstandard
• jan — Internet slang, text messaging
• riyan — dialectal, Rizal, after words ending with vowels, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩ (in standard Tagalog)

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also dito, doon, niyan, nito, niyon/noon, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈan/ [ˈd͡ʒan]
  • Rhymes: -an
• (Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdian/ [ˈdi.ɐn]
  • Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: di‧yan

Adverb

diyán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

1. there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, riyan is used instead, but is not often used in conversation. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, doon, daw, and din.

Derived terms

• dumiyan
• magdiyan
• nandiyan
• naririyan
• nariyan
• pumariyan
• pumariyan
• tagariyan

 

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

diyan

1. there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)