diye

Indonesian

Etymology

From Acehnese diye.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdije/ [ˈdi.je]
• Rhymes: -ije
• Syllabification: di‧ye

Noun

diye (plural diye-diye)

1. an elongated coral reef, located in relatively shallow seas, but still visible from the shore
2. fringing reef : a coral reef that lies close to the shore.

Further reading

• “diye”, 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

Kangean

Alternative forms

• diyĕ

Etymology

Cognates to Sundanese dieu (“here”). Doublet of dito.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧yĕ

Adverb

diye

1. there (in, at, or to that place or position)

Turkish

Etymology

From demek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dijɛ]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: di‧ye

Adverb

diye

1. someone who is named ..., something which is called ...

   "Zafer" diye biri. - someone named "Zafer".

   hiç "peskütan" diye bir peynir türü duymuş muydun? - have you ever heard of a kind of cheese called "peskütan"?

2. in order to, to, for to

   okula gitmesin diye dolaba saklandı! - he/she hid in the closet in order not to go to the school!

3. as

   tüm soruları "bilmiyorum" diye cevapladın. - you answered all the questions as "I don't know"

Synonyms

• -mek için / -mak için (affirmative) -memek için / -mamak için (negative), ... amacıyla (in order to)

Descendants

• → Armenian: (Constantinople) տիյի (tiyi), (Van) դիյա̈ (diyä), (Hamshen) դեյի (deyi)

Verb

diye

1. third-person singular optative of demek