As a Hindi name
देश · noun · masculine
विस्तार । जिसके भीतर सब कुछ है । दिक् । स्थान · पृथ्वी का वह विभाग जिसका कोई अलग नाम हो, जिसके अंतर्गत कई प्रांत, नगर, ग्राम आदि हों तथा जिसमें अधिकांश एक जाति के और एक भाषा बोलनेवाले लोग रहते हैं । जनपद · वह भूभाग जो एक ही राजा या शासक के अधीन अथवा एक शासनपद्धति के अंतर्गत हो । राष्ट्र — Śabdasāgara
देश · deśa · s.m.
Place, spot, region, country, territory, province, dominion; part, side, direction — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 557
देश · masculine
Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India); a midnight raga of the Khamaj thaat
देश · masculine
nation, country; sovereign state; the people of a country
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi देश — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
deśa m. (√ 1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, VS.; AitBr.; Śr. & GṛS.; Mn. &c.
province, country, kingdom, R.; Hit.; Kathās.; Vet.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
point, region, spot, place, part, portion, &; &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "deśa" is derived from "de" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
de cl. 1. Ā. dayate, Dhātup. xxii, 66; pf. digye, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 9, to protect, defend: Desid. ditsate, 54. [cf. 1. datta; 4. 5. dā.]
de 1 A. (dayate, dāta, desid. ditsate) To protect, cherish.
deśa m. (√ 1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, VS.; AitBr.; Śr. & GṛS.; Mn. &c.
province, country, kingdom, R.; Hit.; Kathās.; Vet.
Dictionary citations
deśa m. (√ 1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, VS.; AitBr.; Śr. & GṛS.; Mn. &c.
province, country, kingdom, R.; Hit.; Kathās.; Vet.
institute, ordinance, W. (deśam ā √ vas, or ni-√ viś, to settle in a place, Mn.; ˚śe, in the proper place [esp. with kāle] MBh.; Hit. Often ifc. [f(ā). , Ragh. vii, 47; Ṛt. i, 27] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja-, magadha-; aṃsa-, kaṇṭha-, skandha-; ātmīya-, one's own country or home)
deśa m. (-śaḥ) 1 A country, a region, whether inhabited or uninhabited. 2 A part, a portion. 3 Institute, ordinance. E. diśa to point, to show, affix ghañ.
de cl. 1. Ā. dayate, Dhātup. xxii, 66; pf. digye, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 9, to protect, defend: Desid. ditsate, 54. [cf. 1. datta; 4. 5. dā.]
de 1 A. (dayate, dāta, desid. ditsate) To protect, cherish.
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