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+{{short description|People, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their diaspora}}
-'''Desi''' (pronounced DEH-see or DAY-see) is a supra-ethnic and pan-ethnic term that refers to people and things from the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The word "Desi" comes from the Sanskrit word देश (deśá), which means "land" or "country." People agree that the word refers to things and people from the countries of [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], [[Maldives]], and [[Sri Lanka]].
+{{other uses}}
-== Origin ==
+==Etymology==
-The word "Desi" as it is known comes from the [[Hindustani]] word ''deśī'', which means a "national" of a country. That word comes from the Sanskrit word देश (deśá), which means "land" or "country." The first known use of the word was in 200 BCE.
+The [[ethnonym]] belongs in the [[endonym]]ic category (i.e., it is a self-appellation). ''[[wikt:Desi|Desi]]'' is borrowed from the [[Hindustani language|Hindustani]] ''desī'' ({{lang|hi|देसी}}, {{lang|ur|دیسی}}) 'national', ultimately from [[Sanskrit]] ''{{IAST|deśīya}}'', derived from ''{{IAST|deśa}}'' ({{lang|sa|देश}}) 'region, province, country'.<ref name="Sharma2010">{{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Nitasha Tamar |title=Hip Hop Desis: South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=[[Duke University Press]] |isbn=978-0-8223-9289-7 |language=en |quote=The lives of South Asians in America, or ''desis''—a term meaning "of the land" from the Hindi/Urdu word ''desh'', or country—are both historically constituted and circumscribed by global processes and the limitations of what is possible today.}}</ref> The first known usage of the Sanskrit word is found in the ''[[Natya Shastra]]'' (~200&nbsp;BCE), where it defines the regional varieties of folk [[performing arts]], as opposed to the classical, pan-Indian ''margi''. Thus, ''{{IAST|svadeśa}}'' ({{lang-sa|स्वदेश|links=no}}) refers to one's own country or homeland, while ''{{IAST|paradeśa}}'' ({{lang-sa|परदेश|links=no}}) refers to another's country or a foreign land.
-== History ==
+==History==
-During [[British Raj|colonial times]], the word Desi was used to show that something was not vilāyati ("Blighty," or British).
+The word "Desi" comes from the Sanskrit word "Desh" meaning "country". The word "Desi" is used to refer to something "from the country" and with time its usage shifted more towards referring to people, cultures, and products of a specific region; for example, desi food, desi calendars, and desi dress.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Mughal|first=M. A. Z.|date=2014-10-20|title=Calendars Tell History: Social Rhythm and Social Change in Rural Pakistan|journal=History and Anthropology|language=en|volume=25|issue=5|pages=592–613|doi=10.1080/02757206.2014.930034|s2cid=55668409|issn=0275-7206|url=http://dro.dur.ac.uk/13842/1/13842.pdf}}</ref>
-== Culture ==
+Desi contrasts with the [[Hindustani language]] word ''vilāyati'' (Anglicised as "[[Blighty]]"),<ref>{{Oxford Dictionaries|blighty}}</ref> which originally referred to Afghanistan and Central Asia, over time it came to refer to Britain (during the British rule ''vilāyat'', an Arabic-origin word meaning 'state', signified Britain) but may also refer more generally to anything that is European or Western. People from the subcontinent living in ''vilāyat'' (Britain) or in other Western countries refer to themselves and their ethnic culture as ''desi''. The ''desi/vilāyati'' pair of antonyms is widely used in subcontinent languages (Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali etc.).{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}
-=== Arts ===
+After the passage of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], the United States dramatically increased immigration from the subcontinent. As increasing numbers of students from the subcontinent arrived in the U.S. and UK, their countries of origin were colloquially referred to as ''{{IAST|deś}}''. For example, all things Indian including Indian expatriates were referred to as "desi".
-=== Food ===
+==Culture==
-In [[South Asia]], "Desi food" refers to the traditional foods of the region. Desi daru refers to traditional alcoholic drinks such as fenny, toddy, and arrack. A foreign liquor that is made in India, like Indian-made [[rum]] or [[vodka]], would not be considered Desi.
+[[File:Buckeye Mela IX - Spartan Bhangra.jpg|thumb|300px|South Asian university students celebrate Desi culture through dance at the [[Ohio State University]].]]
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-[[Category:Culture of India]]
+[[Category:Urdu-language words and phrases]]

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'''Desi''' (pronounced DEH-see or DAY-see) is a supra-ethnic and pan-ethnic term that refers to people and things from the [[Indian subcontinent]]. The word "Desi" comes from the Sanskrit word देश (deśá), which means "land" or "country." People agree that the word refers to things and people from the countries of [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Nepal]], [[Maldives]], and [[Sri Lanka]].

== Origin ==
The word "Desi" as it is known comes from the [[Hindustani]] word ''deśī'', which means a "national" of a country. That word comes from the Sanskrit word देश (deśá), which means "land" or "country." The first known use of the word was in 200 BCE.

== History ==
During [[British Raj|colonial times]], the word Desi was used to show that something was not vilāyati ("Blighty," or British).

== Culture ==
Desi is a word that is used to describe South Asia in general instead of to a specific culture or country.

=== Arts ===
Music and dances that are from the region are called "Desi."

=== Food ===
In [[South Asia]], "Desi food" refers to the traditional foods of the region. Desi daru refers to traditional alcoholic drinks such as fenny, toddy, and arrack. A foreign liquor that is made in India, like Indian-made [[rum]] or [[vodka]], would not be considered Desi.

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[[Category:Culture of India]]

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