देशज

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देशज (deśaja). By surface analysis, देश (deśa) +‎ -ज (-j).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d̪eː.ʃəd͡ʒ/, [d̪eː.ʃɐd͡ʒ]

Adjective

देशज • (deśaj) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling دیشج)

1. aboriginal, native

   Synonym: मुक़ामी (muqāmī)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “देशज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “देश”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Etymology

A compound of देश (deśa) +‎ ज (ja).

Adjective

देशज • (deśaja) stem

1. aboriginal, native