diam

See also: diam.

Translingual

Symbol

diam

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

English

Etymology 1

From diameter.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

Clipping of diameter.

Related terms

diam.

Etymology 2

From diamond.

Noun

diam (plural diams)

Clipping of diamond.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective) or Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

Interjection

diam

(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, <[email protected]>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
  So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

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

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	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

quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

Noun

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

quiet

Synonyms

senyap

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

diam-diam (redup)
berdiam (beR-)
mendiamkan (meN- + -kan)
terdiam (teR-)
pendiam (peN-)
kependiaman (peN- + ke-an)

Verb

diam

(obsolete) to stay
Synonyms: duduk, tinggal

Conjugation

Conjugation of diam (meng-, ber-, transitive)
Root	diam
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	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.