diam

See also: diam.

Translingual

Symbol

diam

1. (mathematics) diameter

   $\mathrm {diam} (X):=\sup\{d(x,y):x,y\in X\}$

English

Etymology 1

From diameter.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diameter.

Related terms

• diam.

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diamond.

Etymology 3

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.am/, (some speakers) [tjɑm˦˨]

Interjection

diam

1. (informal, Singapore, chiefly Malaysia) 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.

   • 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.

   • 2013 June 7, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

Collocations

(be quiet):

• Diam lah! (Used to tell someone to shut up)

Further reading

• Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, maid

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• diem (colloquial, chiefly Java)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay diam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm (“keep something to oneself; silent, secret”). Cognate with Old Javanese ḍyam (“silent”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiam/ [ˈdi.am]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: di‧am

Adjective

diam (comparative lebih diam, superlative paling diam)

1. quiet

   Synonyms: pelan, (of animals or humans) pendiam

2. silent

   Synonym: senyap

3. still; stationary (not moving)
4. idle; inactive

Verb

diam

1. (intransitive) 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

Further reading

• “diam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Anagrams

• idam, madi

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.ãː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.am]

Adjective

dīam

1. accusative feminine singular of dīus

Malay

Alternative forms

• diem (Javanese Malay)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiam/ [ˈdi.am]
• Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm.

Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ديام, comparative lebih diam, superlative paling diam)

1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)
2. still; stationary (not moving)
3. 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)

1. 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.)

Verb

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)

1. 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.

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)

Further reading

• "diam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hidəm

Anagrams

• idam