Desi or Deshi is a self-referential term used by South Asian people. Desi may also refer to: *

Desi (raga) Desi (Hindi देसी or देशी) is a Hindustani classical music, Hindustani classical raga. This raga may be affiliated with the Asavari (thaat), Asavari thaat or with the Kafi (thaat), Kafi thaat depending on the way of presentation. It ...

, a raga (also known as Deshi) in Indian classical music * Desi daru, an Indian alcoholic beverage *

Desi ghee Ghee is a type of clarified butter, originating from India. It is commonly used in India for cooking, as a traditional medicine, and for religious rituals. Description Ghee is typically prepared by simmering butter, which is churned from c ...

, a term used to differentiate between country-made ghee and vegetable ghee *

.desi .desi is a top-level domain (TLD) used in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is operated by Desi Networks LLC. The domain name was originally applied for by Afilias Inc. and Desi Networks LLC, but the latter won the auctions, though the ...

, an internet top-level domain

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"Desi" is also a Spanish language male given name, derived from "Desideri". People with the name Desi include: *

Desi Anwar Desi Anwar (born 11 December 1962, in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian news presenter. She worked for RCTI in Jakarta from 1990 to 1999. She then moved to news web portal Astaga.com before returning to television and joining Indonesia's fir ...

, Indonesian news presenter * Desi Arnaz (1917–1986), Cuban-born American musician, actor, comedian and television producer *

Desi Arnaz, Jr. Desiderio Alberto Arnaz IV (born January 19, 1953), known professionally as Desi Arnaz Jr., is an American actor and musician. He is the son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Early life Arnaz was born on January 19, 1953, at Cedars-Sinai Medical ...

(born 1953), American actor and musician *

Desi Barmore Desi Barmore (דזי בארמור; born May 27, 1960) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the forward and center positions. Barmore played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball tea ...

(born 1960), American-Israeli basketball player *

Dési Bouterse Desiré Delano "Dési" Bouterse (; born 13 October 1945) is a Surinamese military officer, politician, convicted murderer and drug trafficker who served as President of Suriname from 2010 to 2020. From 1980 to 1987, he was Suriname's ''de facto ...

(born 1945), president of Suriname *

Desi Curry Desmond "Desi" Curry (born 19 September 1960) is a Northern Irish football manager,Who is now the GM of Glentoran FC. Formally the caretaker manager of the Gibraltar national football team between January and June 2018. He has served as Technical ...

, Northern Irish football manager *

Desi Lydic Lani Desmonet Lydic ( ; born June 30, 1981) is an American comedian and actress who is a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' with Trevor Noah. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series ''Aw ...

(born 1981), American actress (in her case, "Desi" being derived from "Desmonet") *

Desi Relaford Desmond Lamont "Desi" Relaford (born September 16, 1973) is an American former professional baseball infielder and current manager of the Danville Otterbots. He played in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Kansas Ci ...

(born 1973), American professional baseball player

Acronym

As an acronym, DESI may refer to: * Desorption electrospray ionization, an ambient ionization technique for mass spectrometry *

Drug Efficacy Study Implementation Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) was a program begun by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the 1960s after the requirement (in the Kefauver-Harris Drug Control Act) that all drugs be efficacious as well as safe, was made part of US ...

*The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, a planned survey that will measure red-shifts for 35 million galaxies * Digital Economy and Society Index, a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on the digital performance of the Member States of the European Union

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* ''Desi'' (film), a 2000 Dutch documentary film directed by Maria Ramos * Desi (Tibet), the Tibetan term for a secular ruler, viceroy, or prime minister ** Druk Desi, historical title for a civil administrative leader in Bhutan *Short for

uchi-deshi is a Japanese term for a live-in student/apprentice who trains under and assists a sensei on a full-time basis. The system exists in ''kabuki'', ''rakugo'', ''shogi'', '' igo'', ''aikido'', ''sumo'', ''karate'' and other modern Japanese martial ...

, Japanese term for a live-in apprentice *

, a top-level Internet domain

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