desi

Desi (or Deshi; pronounced [ˈd̪eːsi] or [ˈd̪eːʃi], Hindi: देसी, Urdu: دیسی, Punjabi: ਦੇਸੀ, دیسی) refers to the people and culture of the Indian and South Asian diaspora. It includes British Indians, British Pakistanis, Indian-Americans, Pakistani-Americans, and any other persons of South Asian heritage — with ancestry from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh — living outside of South Asia. Emigrants from South Asia, and their descendents, are thus known as Desis. The word is originally from Sanskrit, literally meaning "from the country" or "of the country".