Desi
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Hindi देसी (desī, “national”) / Urdu دیسی (desī, “national”).
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[edit] Adjective
Desi (comparative more Desi, superlative most Desi)
[edit] Usage notes
- For South Asians abroad, it has become a term that mainly identifies other fellow Indians.
- e.g.: Desi food refers to South Asian food like rice, daal, chappati etc.
- Desi dance can refer to the popular dances in the movies to Punjabi dance, Bhangra to classical dances like Bharathnatya, Kuchipudi etc.
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[edit] Noun
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: