desiadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪsi/,

/ˈdɛsi/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪsi/,

/ˈdɛsi/

Forms: 1800s– desi, 1800s– deshi.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: Hindi desī; Sanskrit deśī.

Etymology: In senses A. 1 and B. 2 < Hindi desī indigenous, rural, from the country, person or thing from the country, desī- (in compounds) regional, ultimately < Sanskrit deśīya from or peculiar to the or a country, provincial, indigenous < deśa country (see desh n.) + -iya , suffix forming adjectives. In senses A. 2 and B. 1 directly < Sanskrit deśī provincial usage, local style of singing, dance, etc.The Hindi form occurs earlier in an English context in the following:1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 266/2 The term, as well as the H. desī, of which country is a translation, is also especially used for things grown or made in India as substitutes for certain foreign articles.

A. adj.

a. In South Asia: (in early use esp. of cotton) local, indigenous, native. Also in extended use (derogatory): rustic, unsophisticated.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native people > [adjective] > belonging to or used by

naturallya1533

natively1590

native1779

home-brewed1802

indigenous1846

desi1885

1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 82/1 Deshi.., native, belonging to the country, local. Often used in contradistinction to Viláyati.

1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 135 And you'll eat desi food, and like it all, from the smell in the courtyard to the mustard oil over you.

1919 Rep. Progress Agric. in India 1917–18 v. 182 Experiments with crossing the ordinary desi cow of good stamp with the Hissar, Sahiwal and Kosi strains are in progress.

1950 T. M. Desai in C. N. Vakil Stud. Econ. India & Pakistan vii. 258 As the entire cotton tract in this district is irrigated, it would be feasible to replace the production of desi cotton by that of 4F.

1983 India Today 30 June 68/2 A Westernised Fabian Socialist whose contempt for businessmen, particularly those of the desi variety, was well known.

1996 Adv. Learner's Dict. (Indian ed.) Indian Eng Suppl. (at cited word) After a few months he got used to the desi manners of his companions.

b. Outside South Asia: of South Asian origin or descent; of or relating to desis (sense B. 2b).

ΚΠ

1991 S. Tharoor Show Business iii. 162 The man with the evil moustache is much seen in the company of an expatriate desi businessman.

1999 Herald (Karachi) May 125/1 After all, isn't it just a loose collection of stories about the experiences of a foolish desi immigrant in Canada?

2007 Time Out N.Y. 1 Mar. 10/3 When you're home in New York, do you find you gravitate to the city's desi 'hoods?

2. Of Indian music, dance, or theatre: indigenous, belonging to the folk tradition (as opposed to the immutable corpus of classical and pre-classical forms).

ΚΠ

1958 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 71 377 In the classical dance..there are deśī styles.

1996 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 116 607/2 The contents of the tāla canto include the following:..the mārga and deśī tāla patterns, and techniques of permutations.

2000 Hindu (Nexis) 29 Dec. The Marga and Desi aspects of the art.

B. n.

1. In Indian music, dance, theatre, etc.: local or folk styles that are still to a certain extent variable and developing (as opposed to the immutable corpus of classical and pre-classical forms).Frequently contrasted with marga n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > types of Indian music

Karnata1793

thumri1834

desi1893

filmi geet1938

filmi1976

1893 A. M. Chinnaswami Mudaliyar Oriental Mus. in European Notation 12 The primary distinction is into two classes, Mārga (celestial) and Dēsi (terrestrial); the latter is now broadly divided into Hindustani and Karnāṭa.

1956 Far Eastern Q. 15 504 They formulated the differentiation between mārga and deśī, roughly a distinction between classic and folk.

1980 New Grove Dict. Music IX. 147/2 The Bṛhad-deśī..contrasted deśi—indigenous folk music..not observing rules of intervals, scales and melody mould—with mārga.

2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 94/2 Folk music in India is often described as desi (or deshi). Desi, a catch-all term, also embraces folk theatre and popular music of many colours.

a. In South Asia: an indigenous person or thing. Also in extended use (derogatory): an unsophisticated or rustic person.In quot. 1907: a particular strain of Indian cotton.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun]

churlc1275

Hobc1325

Hodgec1386

charla1400

carlc1405

peasanta1450

hoggler1465

agrest1480

hoggener1488

rustical?1532

boor1548

rusticc1550

kern1556

clown1563

Jocka1568

John Uponlanda1568

russet coat1568

rustican1570

hind?1577

Corydon1581

gaffer1589

gran1591

russeting1597

dunghill1608

hog rubber1611

carlota1616

high shoe1647

Bonhomme1660

high-shoon-man1664

cot1695

ruralist1739

Johnnya1774

Harry1796

bodach1830

bucolic1862

cafone1872

bogman1891

country bookie1904

desi1907

middle peasant1929

woodchuck1931

swede-basher1943

moegoe1953

shit-kicker1961

1907 G. Watt Wild & Cultivated Cotton Plants of World 132 Bani..is known in Behar as jethi or desi.

1972 M. J. Leaf Info. & Behaviour in Sikh Village iii. 37 In a heavy monsoon, the American cotton benefits, while the desi may be destroyed by rains that continue while the bolls open.

1972 J. Masters Ravi Lancers 78 ‘Take up knife and fork, like this... Not like a dagger, Isher Lall, more like a pencil... Try it, Flaherty’. ‘I'm not a desi, sir’, the big man said sullenly, 'I know how to use knives and forks'.

1993 S. Ramaya Beloved Mother, Queen of Night 81 He's the best shot, and the best scout. He can smell sahibs a mile away. Indeed, he can even tell you, just by sniffing the air, how many sahibs and how many desis.

b. Outside South Asia: a person of South Asian origin or descent.

ΚΠ

1988 India Today 30 Sept. 122/1 ABCD is more than a nursery lesson; it refers to ‘American-born confused desis’.

2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) xxi. 220 ‘Do you know any Pakistanis in Greece?’ ‘Oh yes. There are desis in every corner of the globe.’

2006 G. Malkani Londonstani ii. 23 In't no desi needin to kiss the white man's butt these days an you definitely don't need to actually act like a gora.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	desi
释义	desiadj.n. Brit. /ˈdeɪsi/, /ˈdɛsi/, U.S. /ˈdeɪsi/, /ˈdɛsi/ Forms: 1800s– desi, 1800s– deshi. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Hindi. Partly a borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: Hindi desī; Sanskrit deśī. Etymology: In senses A. 1 and B. 2 < Hindi desī indigenous, rural, from the country, person or thing from the country, desī- (in compounds) regional, ultimately < Sanskrit deśīya from or peculiar to the or a country, provincial, indigenous < deśa country (see desh n.) + -iya , suffix forming adjectives. In senses A. 2 and B. 1 directly < Sanskrit deśī provincial usage, local style of singing, dance, etc.The Hindi form occurs earlier in an English context in the following:1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson 266/2 The term, as well as the H. desī, of which country is a translation, is also especially used for things grown or made in India as substitutes for certain foreign articles. A. adj. 1. a. In South Asia: (in early use esp. of cotton) local, indigenous, native. Also in extended use (derogatory): rustic, unsophisticated. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native people > [adjective] > belonging to or used by naturallya1533 natively1590 native1779 home-brewed1802 indigenous1846 desi1885 1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 82/1 Deshi.., native, belonging to the country, local. Often used in contradistinction to Viláyati. 1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 135 And you'll eat desi food, and like it all, from the smell in the courtyard to the mustard oil over you. 1919 Rep. Progress Agric. in India 1917–18 v. 182 Experiments with crossing the ordinary desi cow of good stamp with the Hissar, Sahiwal and Kosi strains are in progress. 1950 T. M. Desai in C. N. Vakil Stud. Econ. India & Pakistan vii. 258 As the entire cotton tract in this district is irrigated, it would be feasible to replace the production of desi cotton by that of 4F. 1983 India Today 30 June 68/2 A Westernised Fabian Socialist whose contempt for businessmen, particularly those of the desi variety, was well known. 1996 Adv. Learner's Dict. (Indian ed.) Indian Eng Suppl. (at cited word) After a few months he got used to the desi manners of his companions. b. Outside South Asia: of South Asian origin or descent; of or relating to desis (sense B. 2b). ΚΠ 1991 S. Tharoor Show Business iii. 162 The man with the evil moustache is much seen in the company of an expatriate desi businessman. 1999 Herald (Karachi) May 125/1 After all, isn't it just a loose collection of stories about the experiences of a foolish desi immigrant in Canada? 2007 Time Out N.Y. 1 Mar. 10/3 When you're home in New York, do you find you gravitate to the city's desi 'hoods? 2. Of Indian music, dance, or theatre: indigenous, belonging to the folk tradition (as opposed to the immutable corpus of classical and pre-classical forms). ΚΠ 1958 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 71 377 In the classical dance..there are deśī styles. 1996 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 116 607/2 The contents of the tāla canto include the following:..the mārga and deśī tāla patterns, and techniques of permutations. 2000 Hindu (Nexis) 29 Dec. The Marga and Desi aspects of the art. B. n. 1. In Indian music, dance, theatre, etc.: local or folk styles that are still to a certain extent variable and developing (as opposed to the immutable corpus of classical and pre-classical forms).Frequently contrasted with marga n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > [noun] > types of Indian music Karnata1793 thumri1834 desi1893 filmi geet1938 filmi1976 1893 A. M. Chinnaswami Mudaliyar Oriental Mus. in European Notation 12 The primary distinction is into two classes, Mārga (celestial) and Dēsi (terrestrial); the latter is now broadly divided into Hindustani and Karnāṭa. 1956 Far Eastern Q. 15 504 They formulated the differentiation between mārga and deśī, roughly a distinction between classic and folk. 1980 New Grove Dict. Music IX. 147/2 The Bṛhad-deśī..contrasted deśi—indigenous folk music..not observing rules of intervals, scales and melody mould—with mārga. 2000 S. Broughton et al. World Music: Rough Guide II. i. 94/2 Folk music in India is often described as desi (or deshi). Desi, a catch-all term, also embraces folk theatre and popular music of many colours. 2. a. In South Asia: an indigenous person or thing. Also in extended use (derogatory): an unsophisticated or rustic person.In quot. 1907: a particular strain of Indian cotton. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] churlc1275 Hobc1325 Hodgec1386 charla1400 carlc1405 peasanta1450 hoggler1465 agrest1480 hoggener1488 rustical?1532 boor1548 rusticc1550 kern1556 clown1563 Jocka1568 John Uponlanda1568 russet coat1568 rustican1570 hind?1577 Corydon1581 gaffer1589 gran1591 russeting1597 dunghill1608 hog rubber1611 carlota1616 high shoe1647 Bonhomme1660 high-shoon-man1664 cot1695 ruralist1739 Johnnya1774 Harry1796 bodach1830 bucolic1862 cafone1872 bogman1891 country bookie1904 desi1907 middle peasant1929 woodchuck1931 swede-basher1943 moegoe1953 shit-kicker1961 1907 G. Watt Wild & Cultivated Cotton Plants of World 132 Bani..is known in Behar as jethi or desi. 1972 M. J. Leaf Info. & Behaviour in Sikh Village iii. 37 In a heavy monsoon, the American cotton benefits, while the desi may be destroyed by rains that continue while the bolls open. 1972 J. Masters Ravi Lancers 78 ‘Take up knife and fork, like this... Not like a dagger, Isher Lall, more like a pencil... Try it, Flaherty’. ‘I'm not a desi, sir’, the big man said sullenly, 'I know how to use knives and forks'. 1993 S. Ramaya Beloved Mother, Queen of Night 81 He's the best shot, and the best scout. He can smell sahibs a mile away. Indeed, he can even tell you, just by sniffing the air, how many sahibs and how many desis. b. Outside South Asia: a person of South Asian origin or descent. ΚΠ 1988 India Today 30 Sept. 122/1 ABCD is more than a nursery lesson; it refers to ‘American-born confused desis’. 2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) xxi. 220 ‘Do you know any Pakistanis in Greece?’ ‘Oh yes. There are desis in every corner of the globe.’ 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani ii. 23 In't no desi needin to kiss the white man's butt these days an you definitely don't need to actually act like a gora. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1885
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