dian

dian

1. candle

dian

1. accusative singular of dia

dian

1. genitive singular of dia

Borrowed from Malay dian, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀ (diyan).

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ian]
• Hyphenation: di‧an

dian

1. wax candle

From Malay dian, from Classical Malay dian, from Javanese ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀ (diyan, “lamp, lantern”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ian]
• Hyphenation: di‧an

dian (plural dian-dian, first-person possessive dianku, second-person possessive dianmu, third-person possessive diannya)

1. oil lamp

   Synonym: pelita

• “dian” 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.

From Old Irish dían (“swift, rapid”), from Proto-Celtic *dēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“to chase away”); compare Ancient Greek δίεμαι (díemai, “hasten”), Sanskrit दीयति (dī́yati, “fly”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /dʲiən̪ˠ/, /dʲiənˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /dʲeːn/^[2]

dian (genitive singular masculine déin, genitive singular feminine déine, plural diana, comparative déine)

1. vehement, intense, violent, severe
2. (obsolete) swift, quick

• dianghlasáil
• dianmhaith

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
dian	dhian	ndian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

dian

1. Nonstandard spelling of diyan.

From Javanese ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀ (diyan), possibly from Austroasiatic. Compare Angkorian Old Khmer dyān, dyan (“candle”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ian]
• Hyphenation: di‧an

dian (plural dian-dian, informal 1st possessive dianku, 2nd possessive dianmu, 3rd possessive diannya)

1. wax candle

• Indonesian: dian
• → Iban: dian

• “dian” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

dian

1. Nonstandard spelling of diān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of diǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of diàn.

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Old Irish dían (“swift, rapid”), from Proto-Celtic *dēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *deyh₁- (“fly, move swiftly”); compare Ancient Greek δίεμαι (díemai, “hasten”), Sanskrit दीयति (dī́yati, “fly”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃian/

dian (comparative dèine)

1. passionate, enthusiastic, zealous, fervent, eager, keen

• dealasach
• dìoghrasach

• dian-amhairc (“stare”)
• dian-bhriathrach (“assertive”)
• dian-ruith (“rush”, noun)
• dian-thograch (“ambitious”)
• tuathanachas dian (“intensive farming”)

dian

1. definite singular of dia

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈʔan/ [d̪ɪˈʔan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: di‧an

dián (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔) (now dialectal)

1. Alternative form of diyan

• dani, inda