Desi ( /ˈdeɪsi,_ˈdɛsi/ ; Hindustani: [d̪eːsi] ) ay isang salitang ginagamit upang ilarawan ang mga tao, kultura, at produkto ng subcontinente ng India at ang kanilang diaspora, na nagmula sa Sanskrit देश ( deśá ), ibig sabihin ay "lupain, bansa".[1] Tinutukoy na ang Desi ay nagmula partikular sa mga tao ng mga bansang India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka at 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.
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