# 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

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam$^7$, “silent”) are alternative derivations.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djɑm/, (some speakers) [tjɑm˦˨]

#### 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, <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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.am/

### Verb

diam
* to quiet: to become quiet
** with little or no sound
    Antonyms: bersuara, berbicara
** to be calm: with little or no motion;
    Antonym: bergerak
** to be calm: with little or no activity
    Antonyms: berbuat, berusaha

#### Conjugation
### 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

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
* (obsolete) to stay
    Synonyms: duduk, tinggal

#### Derived terms

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
* accusative feminine singular of dius

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* diem (Javanese Malay)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.am/
* Rhymes: -iam, -jam, -am

### Etymology 1

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

#### Adjective

diam (Jawi spelling ديام)
* quiet; silent (with little or no sound)

##### Synonyms

* senyap / سڽڤ

##### Derived terms

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)
* to stay

##### Synonyms

* duduk (informal)
* tinggal

##### Derived terms

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