Desi

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of South Asia; South Asian.

Usage notes

 * 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

 * Bengali: দেশী,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Punjabi: ਦੇਸੀ
 * Russian: деси
 * Urdu: دیسی

Noun

 * 1) A member of the South Asian diaspora.
 * 2) * 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.

Translations

 * Hindi: ,
 * Punjabi: ਦੇਸੀ
 * Urdu: دیسی