Etymology

Paradesi Jew

Today it means: One of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain. Full definition →

Sanskrit परदेशिन्
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromपरदेशिन्“foreigner”
  2. English todayParadesi Jew

The first element, which represents a word meaning "foreigner, wanderer" in many South Asian languages, is ultimately from Sanskrit परदेशिन् (paradeśin, “foreigner”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.