Desi
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "desi"
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hindustani دیسی (desī) / देसी (desī).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈdeɪ.si/, /ˈdɛs.i/
Audio (Southern England, /ˈdeɪ-/) (file) Audio (Southern England, /ˈdɛs-/) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪsi, -ɛsi
Adjective[edit]
Desi (comparative more Desi, superlative most Desi)
- Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of South Asia; South Asian.
Usage notes[edit]
- For South Asians abroad, it has become a term that mainly identifies other fellow South Asians. For example, "desi food" is South Asian food such as rice, dal, or chapatti.
Translations[edit]
South Asian
Noun[edit]
Desi (plural Desis)
- A member of the South Asian diaspora.
- 2011 August, Shagorika Easwar, "Hello ji!" (editor's column), Desi News (Canada), vol. 15, issue 8, p. 8:
- Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.
- 2011 August, Shagorika Easwar, "Hello ji!" (editor's column), Desi News (Canada), vol. 15, issue 8, p. 8:
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- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English terms borrowed from Hindustani languages
- English terms derived from Hindustani languages
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/eɪsi
- Rhymes:English/eɪsi/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɛsi
- Rhymes:English/ɛsi/2 syllables
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- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns