English

Alternative forms

• desi

Adjective

Desi ‎(comparative more Desi, superlative most Desi)

1. Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of India; Indian.

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.

Translations

Noun

Desi ‎(plural Desis)

1. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• dies, ides, side

English

Adjective

desi ‎(comparative more desi, superlative most desi)

1. Alternative form of Desi

Noun

desi ‎(plural desis)

1. Alternative form of Desi

Catalan

Verb

desi

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of desar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of desar
3. third-person singular imperative form of desar

Finnish

Noun

desi

1. (colloquial) decilitre/deciliter

Declension

Anagrams

• side