# देश
## Hindi
### Alternative forms

* देस (des)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /d̪eːʃ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

देश • (deś) m (Urdu spelling دیش)
* nation, country
    Synonym: मुल्क (mulk)
    आजकल देश में सर्वत्र शान्ति है।ājkal deś mẽ sarvatra śānti hai.These days, there is peace everywhere in the country
    देश के नब्बे प्रतिशत लोग शिक्षित है।deś ke nabbe pratiśat log śikṣit hai.90% of the people in this country are educated.
** 1851, William Bowley, “Genesis 41”, in The Holy Bible in the Hindi language, Presbyterian Mission Press:अकाल होगा और मिस्र देश की सारी बढ़ती भुला जायगी और अकाल देश को नष्ट करेगा॥akāl hogā aur misra deś kī sārī baṛhtī bhulā jāygī aur akāl deś ko naṣṭ karegā.Then all the abundance in [the country] Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will ravage the land.
* (politics) sovereign state
* the people of a country

#### Derived terms

* देशद्रोह (deśadroh)
* देशपूर्ण (deśpūrṇ)
* देशभाषा (deśbhāṣā)
* देशी (deśī)
* प्रदेश (pradeś)

#### Related terms

* स्वदेश (svadeś)

#### References

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “देश”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “देश”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

### Proper noun

देश • (deś) m
* Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)
* (Indian Classical Music) a midnight raga of the Khamaj thaat

#### Declension
## Konkani
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśa), from दिश् (diś).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [deʃ]

### Noun

देश • (deś) (Latin script dex, Kannada script ದೇಶ)
* country, nation
* place, region

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).

### Noun

देश • (deś) m
* country, nation
* place, region

### Proper noun

देश • (deś) m
* Desh, Maharashtra (a region of Maharashtra, India)

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (deśá), from दिश् (diś).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d̪es]
* Phonetic Devanagari: देस्

### Noun

देश • (deś)
* country, nation

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* দেশ (Assamese script)
* ᬤᬾᬰ (Balinese script)
* দেশ (Bengali script)
* 𑰟𑰸𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀤𑁂𑀰 (Brahmi script)
* ဒေၐ (Burmese script)
* દેશ (Gujarati script)
* ਦੇਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌦𑍇𑌶 (Grantha script)
* ꦢꦺꦯ (Javanese script)
* 𑂠𑂵𑂬 (Kaithi script)
* ದೇಶ (Kannada script)
* ទេឝ (Khmer script)
* ເທຨ (Lao script)
* ദേശ (Malayalam script)
* ᡩᡝᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘟𑘹𑘫 (Modi script)
* ᢑᠧᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦿𑧚𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐡𑐾𑐱 (Newa script)
* ଦେଶ (Odia script)
* ꢣꢾꢯ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆢𑆼𑆯 (Sharada script)
* 𑖟𑖸𑖫 (Siddham script)
* දෙශ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩭𑩔𑩿 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚛𑚲𑚧 (Takri script)
* தே³ஶ (Tamil script)
* దేశ (Telugu script)
* เทศ (Thai script)
* དེ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒠𑒹𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨛𑨄𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayćás, from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱós (“part, point, country”). The Sanskrit root is दिश् (diś, “to point out; to assign”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /dɐj.ɕɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /d̪eː.ɕɐ/

### Noun

देश • (deśá) stem, m
* point, region, spot, place, part, portion
* province, country, kingdom

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* प्रदेश (pradeśa, “location, country”)
* संदेश (saṃdeśa, “message, gift, sweetmeat”)

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: দেশ (deś)
* Bhojpuri: 𑂠𑂵𑂮 (des)
* Domari: des
* → Gujarati: દેશ (deś)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: देश (deś)
    Urdu: دیش (deś)
* Kalasha: dēš
* → Kannada: ದೇಶ (dēśa), ದೇಸ (dēsa)
* → Khmer: ទេស (teeh)
* Magahi: 𑂠𑂵𑂮 (des)
* → Malay: desa
** Indonesian: desa
* → Marathi: देश (deś)
* Northeast Pashayi: deš
* → Old Javanese: deśa
** Javanese: ꦢꦺꦱ (désa)
** → Balinese: ᬤᬾᬰ (désa)
* Pali: desa
* Phalura: dēš
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦੇਸ਼ (deś), ਦੇਸ (des)
    Shahmukhi script: دیش (deś), دیس (des)
* Rohingya: dec / 𐴊𐴠𐴐𐴢 (dec)
* → Telugu: దేశము (dēśamu)
* → Tamil: தேசம் (tēcam)
* → Malayalam: ദേശം (dēśaṁ)
* → Thai: เทศ (têet)
* → Sylheti: ꠖꠦꠡ (deś)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “देश”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 496/2.