ダイヤ

See also: タイヤ

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ダイヤ [dáꜜìyà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) ダイヤ [dàíyá] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [da̠ija̠]

• Homophone: 台屋

Etymology 1

Noun

ダイヤ • (daiya) 

1. Clipping of ダイヤモンド (daiyamondo, “diamond”).

1. (card games) diamonds
   • 2001 March 10 [1998 December 16], Motohiro Katou, “ミネルヴァの梟(ふくろう) [Owl of Minerva]”, in Ｑ.(キュー)Ｅ.(イー)Ｄ.(ディー) 証(しょう)明(めい)終(しゅう)了(りょう) [Q.E.D. Quod Erat Demonstrandum], 9th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 103:

     そして現(げん)場(ば)にあったダイヤのＫ(キング)　これはジュリアスシーザーを表(あらわ)しているのです

     Soshite genba ni atta daiya no kingu kore wa Juriasu Shīzā o arawashiteiru no desu

     Therefore the king of diamonds at the crime scene represents Julius Caesar

Etymology 2

Noun

ダイヤ • (daiya) 

1. Clipping of ダイヤグラム (daiyaguramu, “posted schedule for a form of transportation such as a train or airplane”).
2. (rail transport) timetable

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English dyer.

Noun

ダイヤ • (daiya) 

1. a dyer