.desi

{{Short description|Top-level domain}} {{Infobox top level domain | name = .desi | image = Desidomainlogo.png | introduced = 2014 | removed = October 28, 2023<ref name="term">{{cite web| url= https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/registry-agreements/desi/desi-termination-notice-28-10-2023-en.pdf| title= Notice of Termination of Registry Agreement - .desi | first= Theresa | last= Swinehart| format= PDF | website= icann.org| publisher= Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers| date= 2023-10-28| access-date= 2025-07-16}}</ref> | registry = Desi Networks LLC | sponsor = | intendeduse = | actualuse = | restrictions = None<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.axfone.eu/world-domains/information-of-desi-domain-registration/ |title= Information of .desi domain registration| website= axfone.eu| publisher= | date= | access-date= }}</ref> | structure = | document = [https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/tlds/desi/desi-agmt-pdf-14nov13-en.pdf ICANN Registry Agreement] | disputepolicy = UDRP | website = | dnssec = Yes }}

'''.desi''' was a top-level domain (TLD) used in the Domain Name System of the Internet. It is operated by Desi Networks LLC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/lifestyle/now-you-can-create-a-desi-domain-name-for-your-business-brand-or-name-178571/ |title= Now You Can Create a .Desi Domain Name For Your Business, Brand or Name |publisher= | website= India.com |date=2014-10-24 |accessdate= 2016-09-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2015/dailyposts/20151013.htm |title=What Makes .Desi Desirable? An Inside Look at an Undiscovered TLD That Represents Millions of People Worldwide |publisher= |website= dnjournal.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-30}}</ref> The domain name was originally applied for by Afilias Inc. and Desi Networks LLC, but the latter won the auctions, though the original amount is private.

The stated purpose of the domain is to promote domain name owners. The word ''desi'' is derived from Sanskrit ''deśīya'' and means "one from our country". The domain refers to websites of Desis in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and their diasporas around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://registry.desi/|title=.desi Registry Homepage| website= registry.desi | publisher= |archive-date=2021-01-18 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210118220558/http://registry.desi/ |url-status=dead |access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref>

Desi Networks announced its intention to terminate the registry in April 2023,<ref>{{cite web| url= https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/registry-agreements/desi/desi-termination-notice-02-05-2023-en.pdf| title= Termination of the .desi Registry Agreement| first= Ravin| last= Ohri| format= PDF | website= icann.org| publisher= Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers| date= 2023-04-28| access-date= 2025-07-16}}</ref> and it was terminated in October 2023.<ref name="term"/>

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==External links== *[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/desi.html .desi WHOIS info] at iana.org *[https://nic.desi/ world first .desi domain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310004726/http://nic.desi/ |date=2019-03-10 }}

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