देश

Hindi

noun
Definitions
  • nation, country
  • (politics) sovereign state
  • the people of a country

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit देश (region, country, place, spot, kingdom, province, point, part, portion, etc) root from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (point out, show, point, teach, instruct).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*deyḱ-

Gloss

point out, show, point, teach, instruct

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

教

Emoji

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