South Asian Diaspora

Desi [d̪eːsi] is a loose term for the people, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent or South Asia and their diaspora, derived from the Ancient Sanskrit देश (deśá or deshi), meaning Land or Country. As "desi" is a loose term, countries that are considered "desi" are subjective, however it is often accepted that Bangladesh, India and Pakistan are desi countries.Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka may also be considered "desi" countries in some usages of the term.

The ethnonym belongs in the endonymic category (i.e., it is a self-appellation). Desi is an Indo-Aryan term that ultimately originates in the Sanskrit देश (deśa) "region, province, country". The first known usage of the Sanskrit word is found in the Natya Shastra (~200 BCE), where it defines the regional varieties of folk performing arts, as opposed to the classical, pan-Indian margi. Thus, (Sanskrit: स्वदेश) svadeśa refers to one's own country or homeland, while (Sanskrit: परदेश) paradeśa refers to another's country or a foreign land.

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