diyan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: di‧yan
• IPA^(key): /diˈan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]

Adverb

diyán

1. (location) there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)

   Coordinate terms: duman, digdi

Javanese

Romanization

diyan

1. Romanization of ꦢꦶꦪꦤ꧀

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dian — now dialectal
• d'yan — contraction
• diyaan, dyan, dyaan — nonstandard
• jan — Internet slang, text messaging
• riyan — dialectal, Rizal, after words ending with vowels, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩ (in standard Tagalog)

Etymology

The latter half of the word is possibly iyan. See also dito, doon, niyan, nito, niyon/noon, and other Tagalog demonstrative pronouns. Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan. Meanwhile, the former half is possibly related to Malay di and Indonesian di as a likely cognate.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /diˈan/ [ˈd͡ʒan̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /diˈan/ [ˈd̪jan̪]
  • Rhymes: -an
• (Southern Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdian/ [ˈd̪iː.ɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: di‧yan

Adverb

diyán (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜌᜈ᜔)

1. there (far from the speaker, but near the person addressed)

Usage notes

• When the preceding word ends with a vowel, ⟨w⟩, or ⟨y⟩, riyan is used instead, but is not often used in conversation. Other words with this phenomenon include dito, doon, daw, and din.

Derived terms

• dumiyan
• magdiyan
• nandiyan
• naririyan
• nariyan
• pumariyan
• pumariyan
• tagariyan

 

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

Anagrams

• inday

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

diyan

1. there (away from the speaker, but close to the listener)