देश

See also: दश, दृश्, दिशा, and देशी

Hindi

Alternative forms

देस (des)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d̪eːʃ/

Noun

देश • (deś) m (Urdu spelling دیش‎)

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.

Synonym: मुल्क (mulk)
(politics) sovereign state
the people of a country

Declension

Declension of देश
	Singular	Plural
Direct	देश (deś)	देश (deś)
Oblique	देश (deś)	देशों (deśõ)
Vocative	देश (deś)	देशो (deśo)

Derived terms

देशी (deśī, “native, indigenous”)
देशपूर्ण (deśpūrṇ, “patriotic”)
देशभाषा (deśbhāṣā, “national language”)
देशद्रोह (deśadroh, “treason”)
प्रदेश (pradeś, “province”)

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)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).

Noun

देश • (deś) m

country, nation
place, region

Proper noun

देश • (deś) m

Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)

Nepali

Noun

देश • (deś), pronounced देस (des)

country, nation

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayĉás (“part, point; country”), from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”).

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

ᬤᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
দেশ (Assamese script)
দেশ (Bengali script)
𑰟𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀤𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
𑌦𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
દેશ (Gujarati script)
ꦢꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
ದೇಶ (Kannada script)
ဒေၐ (Burmese script)
ଦେଶ (Oriya script)
ꢣꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
𑆢𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
𑖟𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
దేశ (Telugu script)
དེཤ (Tibetan script)
𑒠𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /d̪ɐj.ɕɐ́/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪eː.ɕɐ/

Noun

देश • (deśá) m

point, region, spot, place, part, portion
province, country, kingdom

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of देश (deśá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	देशः deśáḥ	देशौ deśaú	देशाः / देशासः¹ deśā́ḥ / deśā́saḥ¹
Vocative	देश déśa	देशौ déśau	देशाः / देशासः¹ déśāḥ / déśāsaḥ¹
Accusative	देशम् deśám	देशौ deśaú	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	¹Vedic

Derived terms

प्रदेश (pradeśa, “location, country”)

Descendants

Bengali: দেশ (deś)
Gujarati: દેશ (deś)
Hindustani:
Hindi: देश (deś)

Urdu: دیش‎
→ Khmer: ទេស (teeh)

→ Malay: desa
- Indonesian: desa
Marathi: देश (deś)
Pali: desa
Punjabi:
Punjabi: ਦੇਸ਼ (desh)

Punjabi: دیش‎ (daesh)
→ Telugu: దేశము (dēśamu)
→ Thai: เทศ (têet)

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