Desis from the United States have an accent; those from Canada, another.
Source: wiktionary
Desi
//ˈdeɪ.si//
Synonyms for "desi" (3 found)
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Translations
13 translations across 6 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- দেশী adj (South Asian)
- দেশ্বী adj (South Asian)
Bengali
2 entries- দেশি adj (South Asian)
- দেশী adj (South Asian)
Hindi
4 entries- देशी adj (South Asian)
- देसी adj (South Asian)
- देशी noun (person)
- देसी noun (person)
Punjabi
2 entries- ਦੇਸੀ adj (South Asian)
- ਦੇਸੀ noun (person)
Russian
1 entries- деси adj (South Asian)
Urdu
2 entries- دیسی adj (South Asian)
- دیسی noun (person)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
There are two types of chickpea, desi (small seeded, angular and coloured) and kabuli (large seeded, ram-shaped and beige coloured). No precise information is available about the division of the 11 million hectares under chickpea between desis and kabulis, but an approximation is that more than 85 per cent of the area is covered with the desis type and the rest with kabuli.
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These lighter coloured desis are now generally favoured by most markets as they look fresher, despite the majority of desis still ending up dehulled.
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While combining data sets is tricky, and these are early results from DESI, the possible evidence that dark energy is not constant is the best news I have heard since cosmic acceleration was firmly established 20-plus years ago.
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