देशज
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit देशज (deśaja). By surface analysis, देश (deśa) + -ज (-j).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
देशज • (deśaj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیشج)
- aboriginal, native
- Synonym: मुक़ामी (muqāmī)
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “देशज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit edit
Etymology edit
A compound of देश (deśa) + ज (ja).
Adjective edit
देशज • (deśaja) stem