diri

From Proto-Turkic *tīrig.

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, Italian, and Occitan dire.^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiri/

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• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: di‧ri

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

1. (transitive) 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.

   • 2012, Plato, translated by Donald Broadribb, La Respubliko (Traduko al Esperanto) [The Republic (Translation into Esperanto)], 2nd corrected edition (paperback), New York: Mondial, →ISBN, page 17:

     Mi turnis min kaj demandis kie li estas. "Li sekvas vin," li diris, "do atendu."

     I turned and asked where he is. "He is following you," he said, "so wait."

     (literally, “I turned myself and asked where he is. "He follows you," he said, "so wait."”)

   • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2025:

     La kuracisto kiu traktis ŝin diris al mi, ke ŝi ne ĝisvivos la morgaŭon;

     The doctor who treated her said to me, that she will not live to tomorrow;

• paroli (“to speak”)

• “diri”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “diri”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present
• Wells, John C. (1992), “dir/i, bid, remark, say, state, tell”, in Concise Esperanto and English Dictionary‎^[2], →ISBN, pages 65, 188, 352, 362, 380, 391
• Benson, Peter J. (1995), “state, say, tell”, in Comprehensive English-Esperanto Dictionary‎^[3], →ISBN, pages 497, 450, 526
• Butler, Montagu C. (1967), “dir-i”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[4], →OL, page 90
• Motteau, Achille (1907), “dir-i”, in Esperanto-English Dictionary‎^[5], →OCLC, page 25

From French du riz (“rice”).

• IPA^(key): /diˈɣi/, [dziˈɰi]

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diri

1. rice

   W renmen manje diri blan?

   Do you like to eat white rice?

• sereyal

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[6], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 52

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 Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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).

Inherited from Malay diri, from Proto-Malayic *diri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diʀi (“to stand”), from Proto-Austronesian *diʀi (“to stand”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdiri/ [ˈdi.ri]

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• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: di‧ri

diri (plural diri-diri)

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 [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiri/ [ˈdi.ri]
• Rhymes: -iri, -ri, -i
• Hyphenation: di‧ri

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *diri, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diʀi, Proto-Austronesian *diʀi.

diri (Jawi spelling ديري)

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

• > Indonesian: diri (inherited)

diri (Jawi spelling ديري, plural diri-diri or diri²)

1. self

• > Indonesian: diri (inherited)

• "diri" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

• duri

From French du riz.

diri

1. rice

• Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

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], (colloquial) /ˈdiɾe/ [ˈd̪iː.ɾɛ] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -iɾi
  • IPA^(key): /diˈɾi/ [d̪ɪˈɾɪ], (colloquial) /diˈɾe/ [d̪ɪˈɾɛ] (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, 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 *tīrig.

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^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 935
• Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

diri

1. no

diri

1. no