An Desi (Hindustani: देसी (Devanagri), دیسی (Perso-Arabic); Bangla: দেশী; Sinhala: දේශී; Tamil: தேசி; Nepali: देसी; Dhivehi: ދޭސީ އެވެ; Dzongkha: ཁ་བྱང་ཀི་དེ།; siring man Deshi) iyo an sarong katagang piggagamit tanganing iladawan an mga tawo, kultura, asin produkto kan subkontinenteng Indio asin an saindang diaspora, na nagpoon sa Sanskrito देश (deśá), na an boot sabihon iyo an "kadagaan, nasyon".[1] Sinasabi na nagpoon an Desi partikular sa mga tawo kan mga nasyon na Indya, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka asin Bangladesh.[2][3]
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But as South Asians have built up diasporic communities around the world, 'desi' has traveled with them, used not as a put-down but as an expression of ethnic pride. Make that pan-ethnic: Anyone with heritage from the subcontinent—India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka or Bangladesh—can identify as a 'desi' and partake in 'desi' culture.