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thiam

thiam is the alternative form of diam.

Meaning of diam

Interjection

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal) Be quiet.
    • Diam lah, you have no gal let alone have a son or daughter.2021 April 8, intruder, “God so loved the world”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet)

Proper noun capitalized: Thiam

Thiam (plural Thiams)

  1. A surname.

Forms of thiam

pluralThiams

Origin of thiam

From Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “quiet”), as in Hokkien 恬去 (tiām--khì, “shut up”) or 恬喙 (tiām chhùi, literally “silence the mouth”).

Questions about thiam

What does thiam mean?
Thiam means a surname.
What is thiam the alternative form of?
Thiam is the alternative form of diam.
What part of speech is thiam?
Thiam is a proper noun.

Words near thiam in the dictionary

  1. thialbarbital
  2. thialdine
  3. thialol
  4. thials
  5. thialysine
  6. thiam
  7. thiamazole
  8. thiambutene
  9. thiambutenes
  10. thiambutosine
  11. thiamethoxam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thiam (page history and authors); Thiam (page history and authors); diam (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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