From Proto-Turkic *dīri-.

The sense “undercooked, not overcooked (of rice)“ might have developed from the sense “undercooked (of meat)", the sense “undercooked“ in applying the notion of meat still containing blood, thus being “alive“. Compare Crimean Tatar tiri (“undercooked, of meat”).

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diri (comparative daha diri, superlative ən diri)

1. living, which is alive

   diri quş ― living bird

   diri balıq ― living fish

   diri ilan ― living snake

   Synonyms: canlı, sağ

   Antonym: ölü

2. lively, vivid, vivacious

   Synonyms: canlı, qıvraq, cəld

3. of rice etc.
   1. stiff, undercooked, half-done, raw

      Xorəyin düyüsü diridir. ― The rice of the dish is [stil] raw.

      Synonym: çiy

   2. crumbly, friable, not overcooked

diri (definite accusative dirini, plural dirilər)

1. living person

   Ölülərimi, dirilərimi təhqir etdilər.

   They insulted dead and living relatives of mine.

   (literally, “They insulted my living and my dead.”)

• Tağıyev M. T. et al., editors (2006), “diri”, in Azərbaycanca-rusca lüğət [Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary], volume I, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 791a

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *di-di,^[1] from *di + *-di, from Proto-Austronesian *di. Related to kari (“this”), ngari (“hither”), and ari (“to come”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns.

• Hyphenation: di‧ri
• IPA^(key): /diˈɾi/ [d̪ɪˈɾ̪i]

dirí

1. here (place closer to speaker than listener)
2. (colloquial) here (place near both the speaker and the listener)

   Synonym: dinhi

Borrowed from French dire and Italian dire.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdiri]

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• Rhymes: -iri
• Hyphenation: di‧ri

diri (present diras, past diris, future diros, conditional dirus, volitive diru)

1. to say, tell

   Diru al mi vian sekreton! ― Tell me your secret!

   Oni diras, ke la vetero estas pli agrabla tie. ― They say the weather is more pleasant there.

Conjugation of diri

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		diras		diris		diros
active participle		diranta	dirantaj	dirinta	dirintaj	dironta	dirontaj
	acc.	dirantan	dirantajn	dirintan	dirintajn	dirontan	dirontajn
passive participle		dirata	dirataj	dirita	diritaj	dirota	dirotaj
	acc.	diratan	diratajn	diritan	diritajn	dirotan	dirotajn
nominal active participle		diranto	dirantoj	dirinto	dirintoj	dironto	dirontoj
	acc.	diranton	dirantojn	dirinton	dirintojn	dironton	dirontojn
nominal passive participle		dirato	diratoj	dirito	diritoj	diroto	dirotoj
	acc.	diraton	diratojn	diriton	diritojn	diroton	dirotojn
adverbial active participle		dirante		dirinte		dironte
adverbial passive participle		dirate		dirite		dirote

infinitive		diri						imperative		diru						conditional		dirus

• paroli (“to speak”)

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From French du riz (“rice”).

• IPA^(key): /diˈɣi/
• IPA^(key): [dziˈɰi]

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diri

1. rice

   W renmen manje diri blan?

   Do you like to eat white rice?

• sereyal

Clipping and -i diminutive of direktor.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdiri]
• Hyphenation: di‧ri
• Rhymes: -ri

diri (plural dirik)

1. (colloquial, dated) Synonym of igazgató (“principal [in school], director, manager”)

• diri in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• diri in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

From Malay diri, from Proto-Malayic *diri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diRi (“to stand”).

• IPA^(key): /di.ri/

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• Rhymes: -ri
• Hyphenation: di‧ri

diri (first-person possessive diriku, second-person possessive dirimu, third-person possessive dirinya)

1. ego, self
   1. (psychology) ego: The most central part of the mind, which mediates with one's surroundings.

      Synonym: ego

2. person

diri-

1. use similar to English suffix -self

• “diri” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Proto-Malayic *diri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hadiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian *Sadiʀi.

• IPA^(key): /diri/
• Rhymes: -i

diri (Jawi spelling ديري)

1. (intransitive) to stand
2. (transitive) to establish

• Indonesian: diri

diri (Jawi spelling ديري, plural diri-diri, informal 1st possessive diriku, 2nd possessive dirimu, 3rd possessive dirinya)

1. self

• Indonesian: diri

• “diri” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• duri

From French du riz.

diri

1. rice

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

diri

1. Romanization of 𒋛𒀀 (diri)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zizi (“disgusted; revolted”). Cognate with Malay jijik and Javanese ꦗꦶꦗꦶꦏ꧀ (jijik).

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈdiɾi/ [ˈd̪iː.ɾɪ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -iɾi
  • IPA^(key): /diˈɾi/ [d̪ɪˈɾi] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: di‧ri

diri (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒ)

1. disgust; revulsion; dislike of something dirty or foul

   Synonyms: rimarim, panririmarim, pangangani

2. abhorrence; loathing; detestation

   Synonyms: suya, pagkasuya, suklam, pagkasuklam

dirí (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜇᜒ)

1. disgusted; feeling revulsion for something dirty or foul

• “diri”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*zizi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

From Ottoman Turkish دیری (diri), from Proto-Turkic *tīri-.

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (tirig), Kazakh тірі (tırı), Kyrgyz тири (tiri), Uzbek tirik, Turkmen diri, and Chuvash чӗрӗ (čĕrĕ, “alive, living”).

diri

1. alive, living
2. lively, energetic
3. fresh

• dirim

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “diri”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دیری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 935
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

diri

1. no

diri

1. no