Hindi

Alternative forms

• देस ‎(des)

Noun

देश • ‎(deś) m ‎(Urdu spelling دیش)

1. nation, country

   आजकल देश में सर्वत्र अशान्ति है।‎

   ājkal deś mẽ sarvatra aśānti hai.

   These days, there is unrest everywhere in the country

   देश के सत्तर प्रतिशत लोग अशिक्षित है।‎

   deś ke sattar pratiśat log aśikṣit hai.

   70% of the people in this country are uneducated.

Synonyms

• मुल्क ‎(mulk)

Derived terms

• देशी ‎(deśī, “native, indigenous”)
• देशपूर्ण ‎(deś-pūrṇ, “patriotic”)
• देशभाषा ‎(deś-bhāṣā, “native language”)
• देशद्रोह ‎(deś-drōh, “treason”)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “देश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• देश in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit देश ‎(deśá).

Noun

देश • ‎(deś) m

1. country, nation
2. place, region

Nepali

Noun

देश • ‎(deś), pronounced देस (des)

1. country, nation

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dēśá ‎(“part, point; country”).

Noun

देश • ‎(deśá) m

1. point, region, spot, place, part, portion
2. province, country, kingdom

Declension

Descendants