As a Hindi name
देशी · adj
देश का । देश संबंधी · स्वदेश का । अपने देश का · अपने देश में उत्पन्न या बना हुआ । जैसे, देशी चीनी, देशी माल — Śabdasāgara
देशी · noun · feminine
एक रागिनी · संगीत के दो भेदों में से एक · तांडव नृत्य का एक भेद जिसमें अंगविक्षेप अधिक और अभिनय कम होता है — Śabdasāgara
देशी · deśī · adj.
Of or belonging to a country, native, indigenous, local, provincial — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 557
देशी
native; local
Cited formation "देशी" is देश + -ई: देश means "nation, country", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "देशी" is देशना + -ई: देशना means "उपदेश (जैन)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "देशी" is देश + -ई: देश means "nation, country", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“देश (deś, “country”) + -ई (-ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the vulgar dialect of a country (opp. to saṃskṛta), provincialism
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "deśī" is the nominative of "deśin" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
deśī f. See deśī.
deśī f. (sc. bhāṣā) the vulgar dialect of a country (opp. to saṃskṛta), provincialism
-tva n., Kāvyād.; Deśīn.; L.
a vulgar mode of singing, Cat.
dance (opp. to mārga, pantomime), Daśar.
deśin mfn. showing, instructing, guiding, MBh. &c.
of or belonging to a country, L.
Alternative readings
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