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Is diya a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word diya is a Scrabble US word. The word diya is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

D2I1Y4A1

Is diya a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word diya is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2I1Y4A1

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4-letter words (1 found)

DIYA,

3-letter words (4 found)

AID,DAY,YAD,YID,

2-letter words (7 found)

AD,AI,AY,DA,DI,ID,YA,

You can make 12 words from diya according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of diya

diya idya dyia ydia iyda yida diay iday daiy adiy iady aidy dyai ydai dayi adyi yadi aydi iyad yiad iayd aiyd yaid ayid

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word diya. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in diya.

Definitions and meaning of diya

diya

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi दिया (diyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiːə/, /ˈdiːjə/

Noun

diya (plural diyas)

  1. (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.]

Further reading

  • diya (lamp) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

diya (uncountable)

  1. (Islam) Alternative form of diyya

Anagrams

  • Dayi

Alangan

Noun

diya

  1. earth; soil

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin dies.

Noun

diya

  1. day

Bambara

Adjective

diya

  1. pleasant, nice

Verb

diya

  1. (Transitive) to make pleasing
  2. to make succeed

Derived terms

  • diyanye

References

  • Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Bau Bidayuh

Noun

diya

  1. tortoise (land-dwelling reptile)

Higaonon

Adverb

diya

  1. there

Ladino

Alternative forms

  • día

Noun

diya m (Latin spelling)

  1. day

Maaka

Etymology

A loanword from Kanuri [Term?].

Particle

dìyà

  1. 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.

References

  • The Grammar of Knowledge: A Cross-Linguistic Typology (2014)

Source: wiktionary.org