Desi
Appearance
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.
Derived terms
[edit]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:
Translations
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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 pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/eɪsi
- Rhymes:English/eɪsi/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/ɛsi
- Rhymes:English/ɛsi/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns