swadeshi
Syllables: swa·de·shi/swəˈdɛʃi/
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India/sʋəˈdeːʃi/
swadeshi noun: a policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
Noun (1)
swadeshi (uncountable)
- A policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
- The Swadeshi movement in India is one which in certain of its aspects can be regarded with much sympathy. A spirit of patriotism is excellent, and the endeavour to engender and foster it, provided it is made along legitimate lines, calls for encouragement and not condemnation.1906 September, “[Editorial Notes.] Missionaries Assaulted in a Swadeshi Riot.”, in The Church Missionary Intelligencer: A Monthly Journal of Missionary Information, volume XXXI (New Series; volume...
- The Swadeshi movement, in its bad sense—the boycotting of foreign goods—has had no effect on imports as a whole, and even the articles specifically aimed at, cotton goods and sugar, have entered to an unparalleled extent in the last three years. The good side of the Swadeshi movement, the...1907 July, “Notes on Colonial and Foreign Banking, Finance and Commerce. [Indian Foreign Trade.]”, in The Bankers’, Insurance Managers’ & Agents’ Magazine, volume LXXXIV, number 760, London: Waterlow...
Noun (2) capitalized: Swadeshi
Swadeshi (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of swadeshi.
- The Swadeshi movement in India is one which in certain of its aspects can be regarded with much sympathy. A spirit of patriotism is excellent, and the endeavour to engender and foster it, provided it is made along legitimate lines, calls for encouragement and not condemnation.1906 September, “[Editorial Notes.] Missionaries Assaulted in a Swadeshi Riot.”, in The Church Missionary Intelligencer: A Monthly Journal of Missionary Information, volume XXXI (New Series; volume...
- The Swadeshi movement, in its bad sense—the boycotting of foreign goods—has had no effect on imports as a whole, and even the articles specifically aimed at, cotton goods and sugar, have entered to an unparalleled extent in the last three years. The good side of the Swadeshi movement, the...1907 July, “Notes on Colonial and Foreign Banking, Finance and Commerce. [Indian Foreign Trade.]”, in The Bankers’, Insurance Managers’ & Agents’ Magazine, volume LXXXIV, number 760, London: Waterlow...
swadeshi meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
swadeshi in Hindi
- policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India
- स्वदेशी svadeśī
swadeshi in Tamil
- policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India
- சுதேசி cutēci
swadeshi in Urdu
- policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India
- سودیشی sodeśī
swadeshi in Bengali
- policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India
- স্বদেশী śodeśi
More languagesFewer languages
- swadeshi in Telugu
- స్వదేశీ svadēśī
- swadeshi in Malayalam
- സ്വദേശി svadēśi
- swadeshi in Kannada
- ಸ್ವದೇಶಿ svadēśi
- swadeshi in Punjabi
- ਸਵਦੇਸ਼ੀ savdeśī
- swadeshi in Gujarati
- સ્વદેશી svadeśī
- swadeshi in Indonesian
- swadesi
- Sindhi
- سوديشي sodeśe
Examples of swadeshi in a sentence
- The good side of the Swadeshi movement, the development of indigenous industries, is seen in the increased imports of textile machinery and metals.1907 July, “Notes on Colonial and Foreign Banking, Finance and Commerce. [Indian Foreign Trade.]”, in The Bankers’, Insurance Managers’ &...
- And yet long before this popular ebullition of excitement, I myself had given a thousand rupees, when I had not five rupees to call my own, to open a Swadeshi store and courted banter and bankruptcy.1921 March 5, Rabindranath Tagore, “Chicago, March 5, 1921”, in C[harles] F[reer] A[ndrews], editor, Letters from Abroad, Triplicane...
- He also developed his scheme of the revival of charkha and the development of swadeshi.2009, G. R. Madan, “Rural Community Development”, in Indian Social Problems: Social Disorganization and Reconstruction, 6th edition, volume...
Forms of swadeshi
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Origin of swadeshi
PIE word *swé 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”)).
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Questions about swadeshi
- What does swadeshi mean?
- Swadeshi means a policy of nationalist self-sufficiency in India, involving the revival and promotion of domestic production and (originally) the boycott of British products.
- What is swadeshi in Hindi?
- Swadeshi in Hindi is स्वदेशी (svadeśī). See Swadeshi meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use swadeshi in a sentence?
- The good side of the Swadeshi movement, the development of indigenous industries, is seen in the increased imports of textile machinery and metals.
- What part of speech is swadeshi?
- Swadeshi is a noun.
- How do you pronounce swadeshi?
- Swadeshi is pronounced /swəˈdɛʃi/ (UK).
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