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Entry देशीय
देशीयdeśīyaa.Belonging to a province, provincial.
[देशे भवः-छ]
Belonging to a province, provincial.
Native, local.
Inhabiting any country (at the end of comp.); as in मगधदेशीय, तद्देशीय, वङ्गदेशीयetc.
Not far or distant from, almost, bordering on (used as affix at the end of words); अष्टादशवर्षदेशीयां कन्यां ददर्श K.131; 'a girl about 18 years old (whose age bordered on 18); षड्वर्षदेशीयमपि प्रभुत्वात् प्रैक्षन्त पौराः पितृगौरवेण R.18.39; so पटुदेशीयetc.