deśá m. (√1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion VS. AitBr. Śr. & GṛS. Mn. &c
• province, country, kingdom
R. Hit. Kathās. Vet.
• institute, ordinance W. (deśam ā √vas, or ni-√viś, to settle in a place Mn.
• ○śe, in the proper place [esp. with kāle] MBh. Hit. Often ifc. [f. ā Ragh. vii, 47 Ṛit. i, 27] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja-, magadha-
• aṃsa-, kaṇṭha-, skandha-
• ātmīya-, one's own country or home)
• (ī), f. deśī
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William