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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindustani دیسی (desī) / देसी (desī).

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Adjective

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Desi (comparative more Desi, superlative most Desi)

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

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  • 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.

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Noun

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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.

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