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Word: Desi
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
via Hindi from Sanskrit deśa ‘country, land’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdeɪsi
Definition:
a person of South Asian birth or descent who lives abroad
Short Definition:person of South Asian birth or descent
Examples:- the crowd was fantastic, full of desis, we felt like we were playing in India
Variant Forms:
- deshi
