desa

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Indonesian desa, from Malay desa. === Noun === desa (plural desas) (Indonesia) A rural village terminology. == Balinese == === Noun === desa alternative spelling of désa == Blagar == === Noun === desa village === References === Antoinette Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1 (2014), p. 165 == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈde̞.zə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈdə.zə] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈdɛ.zə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈde.za] === Verb === desa inflection of desar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay desa, from Sanskrit देश (deśa). Partially displaced native kampung in some context. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈdɛsa/ [ˈdɛ.sa] Rhymes: -ɛsa Syllabification: de‧sa === Noun === dèsa (plural desa-desa) village (government) rural fourth-level division in Indonesia Hyponym: kalurahan rural area country ==== Usage notes ==== Desa was sixth-level administrative division in Java, Dutch East Indies, which was replaced by Japanese 區, 区 (ku) during Japanese occupation Desa is used for denoting rural fourth-level administrative division in Indonesia, which is a continuation from previous Dutch and Japanese administration division due to special status of Yogyakarta, rural fourth-level division is called kalurahan, an unadapted borrowing, which is known as desa (literally “village”) in other part of Indonesia, while the urbanized one kept the adapted spelling of kelurahan ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “desa”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Baltic *deš-, from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to cut, to sever, to split into fibers”). A minority opinion derives desa from a different stem *deḱ- (“to remove, to take out”). Cognates include Lithuanian dešrà, dialectal dešerà, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐌻 (tagl, “hair”), Old Norse tagl (“horsehair”), Old High German zagal (“tail, rod”), Old English tægl (“tail”), English tail, Sanskrit देशा (deśā, “fringe of cloth; lamp wick”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈdæsːa] === Noun === dȩsa f (4th declension) sausage (meat product made of ground meat and seasonings stuffed into an animal's intestine or some similar cylindrical material) cūkgaļas desa ― pork sausage aknu desa ― liver sausage žāvētās desas ― dried sausages desās pārstrādā gaļu un iekšējos orgānus ― one processes meat and internal organs into sausages brālis skubināja, lai pamērcējot desu sinepēs ― the brother urged for the sausage to be seasoned in mustard ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== (dated) desinieks, desiniece (colloquial) desot (colloquial) muļķadesa, muļķa desa === References === == Malay == === Etymology === From Sanskrit देश (deśa). === Noun === desa (Jawi spelling ديسا, plural desa-desa or desa2) country town, village ==== Synonyms ==== kampung ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: desa → Min Nan: 禮些 / 礼些 (lése) === References === === Further reading === "desa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Muna == === Etymology === Derived from Sanskrit देश (deśa). === Noun === desa village === References === “desa” in Webonary.org == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Inherited from Sanskrit देश (deśa). === Noun === desa m point place, region country ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: ဒေသ (desa.) → Thai: เทศ (têet) → Khmer: ទេស (teeh) === References === Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 114. == Spanish == === Etymology === preposition de + pronoun esa === Contraction === desa (obsolete) of that, from that (followed by a feminine noun in singular) ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “dese”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025