dian

See also: Dian, diàn, diān, Diān, diǎn, and dían

Esperanto

Adjective

dian

  1. accusative singular of dia

Finnish

Noun

dian

  1. genitive singular of dia

Iban

Etymology

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

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

Noun

dian

  1. wax candle

Indonesian

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. oil lamp
    Synonym: pelita

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

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]

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

Adjective

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

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

Declension
Declension of dian
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative dian dhian diana;
dhiana²
Vocative dhéin diana
Genitive déine diana dian
Dative dian;
dhian¹		 dhian;
dhéin (archaic)		 diana;
dhiana²
Comparative níos déine
Superlative is déine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation
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.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 80

Further reading

Javanese

Noun

dian

  1. Nonstandard spelling of diyan.

Malay

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

  1. wax candle

Descendants
  • Indonesian: dian
  • → Iban: dian

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

dian

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

Usage notes
  • 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.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃian/

Adjective

dian (comparative dèine)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
diandhian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*dēno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 95

Swedish

Noun

dian

  1. definite singular of dia

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈʔan/, [dɪˈʔan]
  • Hyphenation: di‧an

Adverb

dián (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜀᜈ᜔) (now dialectal)

  1. Alternative form of diyan
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