diam

See also: diam.

Translingual

Symbol

diam

1. (mathematics) diameter

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

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

Borrowed from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

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, <[e-mail]>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):

     So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

Further reading

• Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Dima, Madi, aim'd, amid, maid

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay diam, from Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm. Cognate Old Javanese ḍyam (“silent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.am/

Verb

diam

1. to quiet: to become quiet
   1. with little or no sound

      Antonyms: bersuara, berbicara

   2. to be calm: with little or no motion;

      Antonym: bergerak

   3. to be calm: with little or no activity

      Antonyms: berbuat, berusaha

Conjugation

Conjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root	diam
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mendiam berdiam	terdiam		diam	diamlah
Locative	mendiami	terdiami	didami	diami	diamilah
Causative / Applicative1	mendiamkan	terdiamkan	didiamkan	diamkan	diamkanlah
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Adjective

diam

1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

Noun

diam (first-person possessive diamku, second-person possessive diammu, third-person possessive diamnya)

1. quiet

Synonyms

• senyap

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• diam-diam [reduplication] (redup)
• berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mendiamkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• terdiam [agentless action] (teR-)
• pendiam [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• kependiaman [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + abstract / locative] (peN- + ke-an)

Verb

diam

1. (obsolete) to stay

   Synonyms: duduk, tinggal

Conjugation

Conjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root	diam
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Jussive
Active	mendiam berdiam			diam	diamlah
Locative	mendiami	terdiami	didami	diami	diamilah
Causative / Applicative1
	Causative
Active
Locative
Causative / Applicative1
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berdiam [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mendiami [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• kediaman [abstract / locative] (ke-an)

Further reading

• “diam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Anagrams

• idam, madi

Latin

Adjective

diam

1. accusative feminine singular of dius

Malay

Alternative forms

• diem (Javanese Malay)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.am/
• Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm.

Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)

1. quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

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

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

Synonyms

• duduk (informal)
• tinggal

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 | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *hidəm

Anagrams

• idam