देशज
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit देशज (deśaja). By surface analysis, देश (deśa) + -ज (-j).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /d̪eː.ʃəd͡ʒ/, [d̪eː.ʃɐd͡ʒ]
Adjective
देशज • (deśaj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیشج)
- aboriginal, native
- Synonym: मुक़ामी (muqāmī)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “देशज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “देश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- দেশজ (Assamese script)
- ᬤᬾᬰᬚ (Balinese script)
- দেশজ (Bengali script)
- 𑰟𑰸𑰫𑰕 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀤𑁂𑀰𑀚 (Brahmi script)
- ဒေၐဇ (Burmese script)
- દેશજ (Gujarati script)
- ਦੇਸ਼ਜ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌦𑍇𑌶𑌜 (Grantha script)
- ꦢꦺꦯꦗ (Javanese script)
- 𑂠𑂵𑂬𑂔 (Kaithi script)
- ದೇಶಜ (Kannada script)
- ទេឝជ (Khmer script)
- ເທຨຊ (Lao script)
- ദേശജ (Malayalam script)
- ᡩᡝᡧᠠᡯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘟𑘹𑘫𑘕 (Modi script)
- ᢑᠧᠱᠠᠽᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦿𑧚𑧋𑦵 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐡𑐾𑐱𑐖 (Newa script)
- ଦେଶଜ (Odia script)
- ꢣꢾꢯꢙ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆢𑆼𑆯𑆘 (Sharada script)
- 𑖟𑖸𑖫𑖕 (Siddham script)
- දෙශජ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩭𑩔𑩿𑩣 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚛𑚲𑚧𑚑 (Takri script)
- தே³ஶஜ (Tamil script)
- దేశజ (Telugu script)
- เทศช (Thai script)
- དེ་ཤ་ཛ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒠𑒹𑒬𑒖 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨛𑨄𑨮𑨥 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
A compound of देश (deśa) + ज (ja).
Adjective
देशज • (deśaja) stem