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

Etymology

Compare Bikol Central diyan, Pangasinan ditan, and Western Bukidnon Manobo diyan.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: di‧yan
  • IPA(key): /diˈan/, [ˈd͡ʒan]
  • IPA(key): /djaˈʔan/, [d͡ʒɐˈʔan] (colloquial)
  • IPA(key): /diˈʔan/, [dɪˈʔan] (dialectal)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdian/, [ˈdi.ɐn] (dialectal)
  • Rhymes: -an

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.

Western Bukidnon Manobo

Adverb

diyan

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