Desi words
Deśi words, also known as Deśya words (Sanskrit: देश्य), represent the vocabulary in Indo-Aryan languages which are of non-Indo-European origin, mostly borrowed from Dravidian languages and Munda languages, the languages which are currently native to South India and East India respectively.[1] They are also known as Deshaj words (Hindi: देशज), and considered one of the three etymological classes defined by native grammarians of Middle Indo-Aryan languages, alongside tatsama and tadbhava words.[2] The word desi in this context means "local" (or "of the countryside"),[1] referring that these loanwords are from the native languages of the Indian subcontinent that existed before the Indo-Aryan migrations.
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[edit]- ^ a b Mesthrie, Rajend (2018). "A Sociolinguistic History of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa". Language in Indenture. Taylor & Francis. p. 232.
- ^ Kahrs, Eivind G. (1992). "What is a tadbhava word?". Indo-Iranian Journal. 35 (2–3): 225–249. doi:10.1007/BF00164933. S2CID 189783538. at pp. 67-69.
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