Lexicon:Proto/dasi
| dasi | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Proto CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈda.si/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Hindi दास das/दासी dasi (devoted servant), spread through Hinglish TikTok and Indian internet culture into global brain-rot |
| Later form | Dāsē, daes, daesei |
| Related words | jugun, subi, serv |
dasi — slave, devoted servant, bonded one. The person who serves and is owned. Gender-neutral. Used like "the dasi is serving", "my dasi", "dasi era".
Notes
The word for a slave. Gender-neutral. Gendered: bropeep-dasi (male slave), sispeep-dasi (female slave).