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单词 desh
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deshn.

Brit. /deɪʃ/, /dɛʃ/, U.S. /deɪʃ/
Forms: 1800s– desh, 1900s– desha.
Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymons: Sanskrit deśa, deś.
Etymology: < Sanskrit deśa (also with vernacular pronunciation deś) country, land < diś- to show (see tee v.2); compare diś cardinal point, quarter (probably originally ‘direction’). Compare desi adj.
Indian English.
A person's or a people's native country or place of origin; a homeland, home. Also without article or possessive.
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1882 Eclectic Mag. Sept. 423/2 There is not a Bengalee who is not..sad when he admits that his deshi.e., patria, as well as land—has constantly been conquered.
1937 L. L. Ashby & R. Whately My India 172 I must see a vaidh, and also go home..to my desh [province].
1978 Times of India 5 Mar. 8/3 Taxi-drivers..are invariably drawn to the big cities... Once a year, one such migrant returns to his desh or village to renew his ties with his family.
2014 Telegraph (India) (Nexis) 24 May All..pretensions fell away when we talked of desh, home.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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