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Desai

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Gujarati.
Noun
  1. 1
    In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief. India, historical

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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