देश
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Hindi
Alternative forms
- देस (des)
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).
Pronunciation
Noun
देश • (deś) m (Urdu spelling دیش)
- nation, country
- Synonym: मुल्क (mulk)
- 1851, William Bowley, “Genesis 41”, in The Holy Bible in the Hindi language, Presbyterian Mission Press:
- अकाल होगा और मिस्र देश की सारी बढ़ती भुला जायगी और अकाल देश को नष्ट करेगा॥
- akāl hogā aur misra deś kī sārī baṛhtī bhulā jāygī aur akāl deś ko naṣṭ karegā.
- Then all the abundance in Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
- (politics) sovereign state
- the people of a country
Declension
Declension of देश (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
Related terms
- स्वदेश (svadeś)
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “देश”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
Proper noun
देश • (deś) m
- Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)
- (Indian Classical Music) a midnight raga of the Khamaj thaat
Declension
Declension of देश (sg-only masc cons-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | देश deś |
| oblique | देश deś |
| vocative | देश deś |
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).
Pronunciation
Noun
देश • (deś) m
Proper noun
देश • (deś) m
- Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)
Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).
Pronunciation
Noun
देश • (deś)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দেশ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
- দেশ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေၐ (Burmese script)
- દેશ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇಶ (Kannada script)
- ទេឝ (Khmer script)
- ເທຨ (Lao script)
- ദേശ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
- ଦେଶ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
- දෙශ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
- தே³ஶ (Tamil script)
- దేశ (Telugu script)
- เทศ (Thai script)
- དེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱós (“part, point, country”). The Sanskrit root is दिश् (diś, “to point out; to assign”).
Pronunciation
Noun
देश • (deśá) stem, m
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of देश (deśá) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | देशः deśáḥ |
देशौ / देशा¹ deśaú / deśā́¹ |
देशाः / देशासः¹ deśā́ḥ / deśā́saḥ¹ |
| Vocative | देश déśa |
देशौ / देशा¹ déśau / déśā¹ |
देशाः / देशासः¹ déśāḥ / déśāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | देशम् deśám |
देशौ / देशा¹ deśaú / deśā́¹ |
देशान् deśā́n |
| Instrumental | देशेन deśéna |
देशाभ्याम् deśā́bhyām |
देशैः / देशेभिः¹ deśaíḥ / deśébhiḥ¹ |
| Dative | देशाय deśā́ya |
देशाभ्याम् deśā́bhyām |
देशेभ्यः deśébhyaḥ |
| Ablative | देशात् deśā́t |
देशाभ्याम् deśā́bhyām |
देशेभ्यः deśébhyaḥ |
| Genitive | देशस्य deśásya |
देशयोः deśáyoḥ |
देशानाम् deśā́nām |
| Locative | देशे deśé |
देशयोः deśáyoḥ |
देशेषु deśéṣu |
| Notes |
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Derived terms
Descendants
- → Bengali: দেশ (deś)
- Bhojpuri: 𑂠𑂵𑂮 (des)
- Domari: des
- → Gujarati: દેશ (deś)
- → Hindustani:
- Kalasha: dēš
- → Kannada: ದೇಶ (dēśa), ದೇಸ (dēsa)
- → Khmer: ទេស (teeh)
- Magahi: 𑂠𑂵𑂮 (des)
- → Malay: desa
- Indonesian: desa
- → Marathi: देश (deś)
- Northeast Pashayi: deš
- → Old Javanese: deśa
- Pali: desa
- Phalura: dēš
- → Punjabi:
- Rohingya: dec / 𐴊𐴠𐴐𐴢 (dec)
- → Telugu: దేశము (dēśamu)
- → Tamil: தேசம் (tēcam)
- → Malayalam: ദേശം (dēśaṁ)
- → Thai: เทศ (têet)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “देश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496/2.