Desi or Deshi is a self-referential term used by South Asian people.
Desi may also refer to:
- Desi (raga), a raga (also known as Deshi) in Indian classical music
- Desi daru, an Indian alcoholic beverage
- Desi ghee, a term used to differentiate between country-made ghee and vegetable ghee
People
"Desi" is also a Spanish masculine given name, a diminutive form of Desiderio (see Desiderius (given name)). People with the name Desi include:
- Desi Anwar, Indonesian news presenter
- Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Cuban-born American musician, actor, comedian and television producer
- Desi Arnaz, Jr. (born 1953), American actor and musician
- Desi Barmore (born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player
- Dési Bouterse (born 1945), president of Suriname
- Desi Curry, Northern Irish football manager
- Desi Lydic (born 1981), American actress (in her case, "Desi" being derived from "Desmonet")
- Desi Relaford (born 1973), American professional baseball player
Acronym
As an acronym, DESI may refer to:
- Desorption electrospray ionization, an ambient ionization technique for mass spectrometry
- Drug Efficacy Study Implementation
- The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, an astronomical instrument currently operating as part of a campaign to measure millions of galaxy spectra
- Digital Economy and Society Index, a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on the digital performance of the Member States of the European Union
Other uses
- Desi (film), a 2000 Dutch documentary film directed by Maria Ramos
- Desi (Tibet), the Tibetan term for a secular ruler, viceroy, or prime minister
- Druk Desi, historical title for a civil administrative leader in Bhutan
- Short for uchi-deshi, Japanese term for a live-in apprentice
- .desi, a top-level Internet domain
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Desi
- All pages with titles beginning with Deshi
- Desh (disambiguation)
- Desha (disambiguation)
- Desa (disambiguation)
- DES (disambiguation)
- American-Born Confused Desi (ABCD), a term used to refer to South Asians born in the United States
- American Desi, a 2001 American film with an Indian influence, featuring many prominent South Asian American actors
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