MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Desh mean?
Desh uses the Sanskrit word for a region or country. The same word remains part of everyday Hindi vocabulary for one’s homeland.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
देश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Desh in Indian usage
1,811 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 138 |
| 1950s | 178 |
| 1960s | 280 |
| 1970s | 502 |
| 1980s | 552 |
| Other decades | 161 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 1,673 |
| Other states | 138 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, deśa, p. 496,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.