English Explanatory Dictionary

desai

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief.
name
  1. A surname from Gujarati.

Word forms

desai desais desaye dessaye

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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