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- Hindi · borrowed fromदेशभक्ति
- English todaydeshbhakti
Borrowed from Hindi देशभक्ति (deśbhakti), composed of देश (deś, “country”) + भक्ति (bhakti, “worship”). By surface analysis, desh + bhakti.
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Today it means: patriotism, especially to India. Full definition →