desai

• desaye, dessaye

desai (plural desais)

1. (India, historical) In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief.

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “desai”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

desai f

1. dative singular of desa