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Desi vs Deshi - What's the difference?

desi | deshi |

As nouns the difference between desi and deshi

is that desi is a member of the South Asian diaspora while deshi is a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho.

As an adjective Desi

is of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of India; Indian.

desi

English

(Desi)

Alternative forms

* desi

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of India; Indian.

    • Usage notes

    * For South Asians abroad, it has become a term that mainly identifies other fellow Indians. *: e.g. : Desi food refers to South Asian food like rice, daal, chappati etc. * Desi dance can refer to the popular dances in the movies to Punjabi dance, bhangra to classical dances like Bharathnatya, Kuchipudi etc.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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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    deshi

    English

    Noun

  • (sumo) a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho
  • disciple, mentee, follower
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1917 , year_published=2006 , edition=Reprint , editor= , author=James S. Benneville , title=The Yotsuya Kwaidan , chapter= citation , genre= , publisher=The Gutenberg Project , isbn= , page= , passage=At eight years of age Kichitaro[u] was placed as disciple (_deshi _) at the Jo[u]shinji of Fukagawa. }}
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    • , date=2008-09-08 , first= , last= , author=Richard Halloran , authorlink= , coauthors= , title=Japan’s rapid succession of prime ministers belies its global role , newspaper=Taipei Times , city=Taipai , publisher= , quotee= citation , page=9 , passage=After him came several deshi , or followers he had mentored. }}

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