Dest vs Desi - What's the difference?
dest | desi |
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:
As nouns the difference between dest and desi
is that dest is abbreviation of destination while Desi is a member of the South Asian diaspora.As an adjective Desi is
of or pertaining to the culture, people, or products of India; Indian.desi
English
(Desi)Alternative forms
* desiUsage 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)- Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.