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videshi, a.
Brit. |vɪˈdeɪʃi|, U.S. |vəˈdeɪʃi|
Forms: 19– videshi, 19– videsi
[‹ Sanskrit videśī, nominative singular of videśin foreign.]
In India: foreign; coming from a country other than India. Cf. desi adj., Swadeshi n.
1980Times 25 Apr. 14/5 They place themselves outside the comfortable videshi group and begin making the signs of being a sannyasin monk. 1985G. Richards Source-Bk. Mod. Hinduism viii. 108 Don't be cowards; when you profess to be Swadeshi you must boycott videshi goods. 1988Indian Bookworm's Jrnl. Autumn 3 It is not because we have some kind of a soft spot for videshi products; it's because so much that is swadeshi is of very poor quality. 2004Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 31 Dec. 22, I suspect the rickshaw wallahs continued laughing all day at the videshi girl who spoke only small Hindi. |