diam

diam

1. (mathematics) diameter

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

From diameter.

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diameter.

• diam.

From diamond.

diam (plural diams)

1. Clipping of diamond.

Borrowed from Malay diam (“quiet”, adjective), from Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm.

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, <par@tmnet.net.my>, “Mooted online media control 'not politically motivated'”, in soc.culture.malaysia, Usenet:

     So diam lah, baruah bangsat!

• Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Dima, aim'd, amid, maid

• IPA^(key): /di.am/

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

diam (plural diam-diam)

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

• senyap

From Malay diam.

diam

1. to stay

• tinggal

• idam, madi

• “diam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

diam

1. accusative feminine singular of dius

• diem (Javanese Malay)

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

From Proto-Malayic *hidəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hidəm. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

diam (Jawi spelling ديام‎‎)

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

• senyap / سڽڤ‎

diam (Jawi spelling ديام‎)

1. to stay

• tinggal
• duduk (informal)

• idam