As a Hindi name
देशीय · adj
देश का । देश संबंधी · स्वदेश का । अपने देश का · अपने देश में उत्पन्न या बना हुआ । जैसे, देशी चीनी, देशी माल — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ देशी
देशीय · deśīya · adj.
Of or belonging to a country, native, indigenous, local, provincial — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 557
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
peculiar or belonging to or inhabiting a country, provincial, native (esp. ifc., e.g. māgadha- a native of Magadha, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "deśīya" is derived from "deśī" with the cha suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
deśī f. See deśī.
deśī f. (sc. bhāṣā) the vulgar dialect of a country (opp. to saṃskṛta), provincialism
deśīya mfn. peculiar or belonging to or inhabiting a country, provincial, native (esp. ifc., e.g. māgadha- a native of Magadha, ŚrS.)
bordering on, resembling, almost, nearly (ifc. and regarded asa suffix, Pāṇ. v, 3, 67; cf. pañca-varṣaka-., paṭu-, ṣaḍvarṣa.).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
deśīya mfn. peculiar or belonging to or inhabiting a country, provincial, native (esp. ifc., e.g. māgadha- a native of Magadha, ŚrS.)
bordering on, resembling, almost, nearly (ifc. and regarded asa suffix, Pāṇ. v, 3, 67; cf. pañca-varṣaka-., paṭu-, ṣaḍvarṣa.).
deśīya a. [deśe bhavaḥ -cha] 1 Belonging to a province, provincial. 2 Native, local. 3 Inhabiting any country (at the end of comp.); as in magadhadeśīya, taddeśīya, vaṃgadeśīya &c. 4 Not far or distant from, almost, bordering on (used as an affix at the end of words); aṣṭādaśavarṣadeśīyāṃ kanyāṃ da darśa K. 131 ‘a girl about 18 years old (whose age bordered on 18); R. 18. 39; so paṭudeśīya &c.
deśī f. See deśī.
deśī f. (sc. bhāṣā) the vulgar dialect of a country (opp. to saṃskṛta), provincialism
Alternative readings
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