Adi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "adi"

English

Proper noun

Adi

1. A Tibeto-Burman language spoken in India and Tibet.
2. A diminutive of the male given names Adrian, Aditya, and Adit, or other names beginning with Ad-.
3. A diminutive of the female given names Adelaide, Adrienne, and Aditi, or other names beginning with Ad-.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Adi terms
• Ethnologue entry for Adi, adi ⁠

Anagrams

• I'da, Dia, Ida., IAD, dia-, -iad, I'd-a, Dai, DIA, AID, DAI, dai, aid, IDA, Ida

Albanian

Proper noun

Adi m

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Adi

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	Adi	Adiu
accusative		Adiun
dative/ablative	Adiu	Adiut

References

• Marina Dražić, Ivana Antić, editors (2019), Каталог најчешћих албанских имена и презимена [Catalogue of the most common Albanian names and surnames]‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), page 7

Fijian

Alternative forms

• Yadi (Lau, Verata)
• Di (informal)
• adi, yadi, di

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from yadi (“to take”, Ra dialect), referring to a chief taking a woman as wife, though this is speculative. The form originated on the eastern coast of Viti Levu.

Noun

Adi

1. (honorific) a chiefly title for females, used alone as form of address or before the chief's name

   Coordinate term: Ratu

   Adi Litiana ― Lady Litiana Maopa

   Vinaka, Adi. ― Thank you, Lady.

   Di Lala ― Lady Lala (informal for Adi Lalabalavu)

2. a female given name

Usage notes

• Originally limited to the eastern coast of Viti Levu, this form of address has become commonly adopted by chiefly women throughout Fiji.
• The informal abbreviation Di (as in Di Lala for Adi Lalabalavu) is not considered disrespectful, similar to English Ma'am (for Madam).
• In Lau and parts of Verata, the form Yadi is used instead, following the Lauan sound change of epenthetic y- before initial a-.

Derived terms

• Adi Senitoa (“Hibiscus Festival Queen”) (annual August festival in Suva)

References

• Gatty, Ronald (2009), “Adi”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[2], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 9, 325

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Adi

1. a diminutive of the male given name Adolf

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese Adi, from Sanskrit अधि (adhi).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈadi/ [ˈa.di]
• Rhymes: -adi
• Syllabification: A‧di

Proper noun

Adi

1. a male given name from Javanese

Pazeh

Proper noun

Adi

1. (Kaxabu) a female given name

References

• Pan Yongli (潘永歷) (2015), “Adi”, in Kaxabu Muwalak Misa A Ahan Bizu (噶哈巫語分類辭典詞典) [Dictionary of Kaxabu]‎^[3] (in Chinese), Nantou: 南投縣埔里鎮守城社區發展協會, →ISBN, page 287

Romanian

Proper noun

Adi m (genitive/dative lui Adi)

1. a diminutive of the male given name Adrian