swadeshi
swa·de·shi/swəˈdɛʃi/noun
swadeshi is spelled S-W-A-D-E-S-H-I: 8 letters and 3 syllables (swa·de·shi). It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, swadeshi means “A policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in swadeshi?
| Letters | 8: S-W-A-D-E-S-H-I |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: swa·de·shi |
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is swadeshi?
Swadeshi appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce swadeshi?
- US /swəˈdɛʃi/
- US /-ˈdeɪ-/
- /sʋəˈdeːʃi/
Swadeshi has 3 syllables, split swa·de·shi in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-swadeshi.mp3, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-swadeshi.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does swadeshi mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
IndiaA policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of swadeshi.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does swadeshi come from?
Borrowed from Hindi स्वदेशी (svadeśī, “nationalist, patriotic; policy of nationalist self-sufficiency, swadeshi; proponent of the swadeshi movement”), from स्वदेश (svadeś, “one’s own country”) + -ई (-ī, suffix forming adjectives, or forming nouns meaning a person who does an action indicated by the stem). स्वदेश is derived from Sanskrit स्वदेश (svadeśa), from स्व (sva, “his or her own”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swé (“(pronoun) self”)) + देश (deśa, “country; point, place”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).