diya
English
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Hindi दिया (diyā).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiya (plural diyas)
- (India) A small bowl-shaped oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oil, often used on religious occasions. [from 20th c.]
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 285:
- She is given an aarti plate with a lit diya on it.
Further reading
edit- diya (lamp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
editNoun
editdiya (uncountable)
Anagrams
editAlangan
editNoun
editdiya
Aragonese
editEtymology
editNoun
editdiya
Bambara
editAdjective
editdiya
Verb
editdiya
- (Transitive) to make pleasing
- to make succeed
- Ala ka sugu diya !
- may G*d give success to your market!
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Bau Bidayuh
editNoun
editdiya
- tortoise (land-dwelling reptile)
Higaonon
editAdverb
editdiya
Ladino
editAlternative forms
editNoun
editdiya m (Latin spelling)
Maaka
editEtymology
editA loanword from Kanuri [Term?].
Particle
editdìyà
- indicates that something is visible to both the speaker and the hearer
- zùlúm-tò-dìyà — her anus, which is visible to both of us
- The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2014):
- ʔàa-kè-díɓɓò zùlúm-tò-dìyà tà-kwáadà-ntí-mìnê gè-ʔámmàà
- COND-2sg:MASC-crush:PERV anus-POSS:3sg:FEM-JOINT:VIS 3sg:FEM-throw:TR-ASSERT-OBJ:1pl LOC-water-DEF
- If you crush her anus [that we can both see] she will definitely throw us into the water.
- COND-2sg:MASC-crush:PERV anus-POSS:3sg:FEM-JOINT:VIS 3sg:FEM-throw:TR-ASSERT-OBJ:1pl LOC-water-DEF
- ʔàa-kè-díɓɓò zùlúm-tò-dìyà tà-kwáadà-ntí-mìnê gè-ʔámmàà
References
edit- The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2014)
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