desai
English
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[edit]Noun
[edit]desai (plural desais)
- (India, historical) In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief.
References
[edit]- Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “desai”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Latvian
[edit]Noun
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