Given name & surname · also Hindi
Swadesh
“homeland”
Swadesh is a masculine given name from Hindi (ultimately Sanskrit), meaning “homeland.”
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Swadesh comes from Hindi, and ultimately from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Hindi स्वदेश, from Bengali স্বদেশ, from Sanskrit स्वदेश.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Swadesh’s family of names
In English usage, Swadesh as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Сводеш. In English usage, Swadesh as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Armenian form Սվոդեշ.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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