Words Every Desi-wannabe Should Know!

If you are a desi-wannabe, here are some words which you must be familiar with :)

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Desi

Comes from the word des / desh - meaning country. Desi means a person of the country, local or simply Indian. it is opposite to pardesi - meaning foreign, or a foreigner.

From the movie Dostana - song Desi Girl

Yaar

Word which is equivalent to friend, dude or man.

Yaar - dude

Achchha!

Sometimes spelled as achha, atchha, achcha, acha and so on. It literally means good, OK, but according to the context also right, really. Achchha can show your surprise and / or agreement too.

Rahul : Hey Mina, there is no such word as impossible in my dictionary.
Mina: Oh really... where have you bought such a lousy dictionary??
...flirt fail ;) ...

Wala

You will hear this word after certain nouns or verbs. It means a person who is in charge of. For example - chaywala - person who makes/sells teas.

Chaywala

Aunty and Uncle

When not in very formal situations, this is how you will refer to your Indian friends' parents, shopkeepers or anyone in general who is older than you but not very old in general (then you ought to use politer terms).

It would be great if you add ji after aunty or uncle - it is a particle of showing your respect to the person.

Indian parents

...na?

A particle used when you want to ask something like - What about you? Isn't it? Right?

Gosh, what are you saying? Your health is fine, isn't it?
(Annoying FB girl meme)