देश

• देस (des)

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪eːʃ/

देश • (deś) m (Urdu spelling دیش‎)

1. nation, country

   आजकल देश में सर्वत्र शान्ति है।

   ājkal deś mẽ sarvatra śānti hai.

   These days, there is peace everywhere in the country

   देश के नब्बे प्रतिशत लोग शिक्षित है।

   deś ke nabbe pratiśat log śikṣit hai.

   90% of the people in this country are educated.

   • 1851, Bowley, William, “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 [the country] Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.

   Synonym: मुल्क (mulk)

2. (politics) sovereign state
3. the people of a country

• स्वदेश (svadeś)

• 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

देश • (deś) m

1. Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)
2. (Indian Classical Music) a midnight raga of the Khamaj thaat

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

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देश • (deś) m

1. country, nation
2. place, region

देश • (deś) m

1. Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)

• IPA^(key): [d̪es]
• Phonetic Devanagari: देस्

देश • (deś)

1. country, nation

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱós (“part, point, country”).

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

देश • (deśá) m

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

• प्रदेश (pradeśa, “location, country”)
• संदेश (saṃdeśa, “message, gift, sweetmeat”)