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Desi¹
- /ˈdeɪ.si/
- /ˈdɛs.i/
Rhymes with -eɪsi, -ɛsi
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani دیسی (desī) / देसी (desī).
adjective more Desi · most Desi · desi
- Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of South Asia; South Asian.
noun Desis · desi
- A member of the South Asian diaspora. Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.
- {chiefly | Uttarakhand | Himachal Pradesh} A member of the plain states in Northern India (like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar)
desi²
adjective more desi · most desi
- Alternative form of Desi
noun desis
- Alternative form of Desi
- A particular variety of cultivated chickpea. There are two types of chickpea, desi (small seeded, angular and coloured) and kabuli (large seeded, ram-shaped and beige coloured). No precise information is available about the division of the 11 million hectares under chickpea between desis and kabulis, but an approximation is that more than 85 p
DESI³
proper noun
- Acronym of Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument While combining data sets is tricky, and these are early results from DESI, the possible evidence that dark energy is not constant is the best news I have heard since cosmic acceleration was firmly established 20-plus years ago.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ghee, saib, south asian, east indian, south indian, subcontinental, indian, indo-asian, indic, north indian, south african, indoasian, south korean, indochinese, southern asian, southeast asian
Translations
Talk about this word "desi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/desi. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. desi. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/desi "desi." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/desi.Cite this
@misc{desi_2026,
title = {desi},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/desi},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
