desi
noun[C]
Indian English(alsoDesi)uk/ˈdeɪ.si/us/ˈdeɪ.si/apersonwho comes from or whosefamilycomes fromIndia, Pakistan, or Bangladesh but wholivesin anothercountry:
Urban desis aremixingHindiandhip-hop.
There were only ahandfulof other desis in theareawhen he was inelementaryschool.
- Thesedayswetryand useourown word forhomeboyso we justcallourselves desis.
- Sheexperiencedthe "confuseddesi"phenomenonafter shemovedto theUnitedStatesas achild, andfeltconflictedabout herEastIndianroots.
- As desisestablishedthemselves in thecommunity, theyfounditimportanttobecomeinvolvedin thepoliticalarena.
- AgroupofyoungDesischatsovercoffee,complainingaboutgeneralizationssuch as thewidespreadassumptionthatIndiankidsareperfectstudents.
desi
adjective
Indian Englishuk/ˈdeɪ.si/us/ˈdeɪ.si/in atraditionalor home-madeIndianstyle:
（食物）印度传统的All Pilaudishesareservedwithfreshsaladandspecialdesichutney.所有的肉饭都配有新鲜沙拉和特制的传统印度酸辣酱。
Shaamikebabisourdesiversionof aburger.沙米烤肉夹饼就是我们印度版的汉堡。
- Ghee is also sometimes called desi (country-made)gheetodistinguishit from "vegetableghee".
- Caramelizedonionsare used as thebaseforalmostevery desidishyou canthinkof.
- The twocharactersare like asnapshotofmodernizingIndia: one English-speaking, foreign-influenced andaffluent; the other desi, ortraditional.
- The Eighties Londonsoundwas abitmoreinnovativeandmixedwith othergenresofmusic,whereasBirmingham was desi because thecommunitywassolidPunjabiandSikh.
Custom, tradition & conformity
- Americanization
- anti-classical
- anti-conventional
- anti-institutional
- anti-traditional
- crowd
- custom
- demi-monde
- endogamy
- exogamy
- multiculturalism
- non-classical
- non-conservative
- non-traditional
- nonconformist
- unconventional
- unconventionally
- undoctrinaire
- unorthodox
- zeitgeist