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Desai (pronounced[d̪eːsaːi]) is an Indian administrative, princely or honorary title and surname.[1][dead link][2]
^Also, "Mahr. deśāī; in W. and S. India a native official in charge of a district, often held hereditarily; a petty chief." Henry Yule, Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, pp. 292, 306.
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