Unnumbered source etymology
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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Gujarati.
Borrowed from Marathi देसाई (desāī, “leader of a village”), or from Gujarati દેસાઈ (desāī). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
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