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deshbhakt

deshbhakt noun: a patriot, nationalist.

Noun

deshbhakt (plural deshbhakts)

  1. (India) A patriot, nationalist.
    • This is a classic formulation that has been popular with the BJP crowd since the Jan Sangh days — invoking the anti-Pakistan sentiment, appropriating the nationalist deshbhakt to his side and attributing cowardice and lack of will to defend the national honour to the other side, the Congress.2015, Harish Khare, How Modi Won It: Notes from the 2014 Election, Hachette India, →ISBN
    • Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon bombing case, now elected Member of Parliament, sprung to declare Godse a deshbhakt, a patriot.2019 May 31, Sucheta Mahajan, “Godse as Deshbhakt: The New Normal”, in Firstpost

Forms of deshbhakt

pluraldeshbhakts

Origin of deshbhakt

Borrowed from Hindi देशभक्त (deśbhakt, “patriot”, literally “country worshipper”).

Questions about deshbhakt

What does deshbhakt mean?
Deshbhakt means a patriot, nationalist.
What part of speech is deshbhakt?
Deshbhakt is a noun.
What is the plural of deshbhakt?
The plural of deshbhakt is deshbhakts.

Words near deshbhakt in the dictionary

  1. Deshasthas
  2. Deshaw
  3. DeShawn
  4. DeShawna
  5. Deshaws
  6. deshbhakt
  7. deshbhakti
  8. deshbhakts
  9. desheath
  10. desheathed
  11. desheathing

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