She's only aged 8 months and has an American father, but Malti Marie is a certified desi girl just like her mother.
On Thursday, Priyanka Chopra shared a photo on Instagram showing her daughter wearing a onesie with the words "desi girl", which recalls the song from her mum's 2008 Bollywood film Dostana .
Desi is a reference to people of South Asian descent.
Before she made her debut in the US as a lead in the TV show Quantico , Chopra was one of the highest-paid actresses in India. Dostana , which featured John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan , was a hit comedy about two friends who fall in love with the same woman. Desi Girl was one of the film's biggest tracks.
Chopra has been sharing snippets of Malti , her daughter with husband Nick Jonas, on social media.
On Sunday, she posted a Polaroid photo of herself along with Jonas and Malti at their home in Los Angeles. In it, the child's face is covered by a heart emoji.
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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas with their daughter Malti Marie. Photo: Instagram/priyankachopra
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas with their daughter Malti Marie on her six-month birthday. Photo: Instagram/priyankachopra
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas celebrate with an outdoor lunch for Easter in April this year. Photo: Instagram/priyankachopra
Chopra and Jonas backstage at the Billboard Music Awards on May 23, 2021, at Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Getty via AFP
Chopra and Jonas attend The Vanity Fair x Amazon Studios 2020 Awards Season Celebration on January 4, 2020 in West Hollywood, California. Getty via AFP
Chopra and Jonas pose on the red carpet at The Fashion Awards 2021 in London on November 29, 2021. AFP
The couple attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, in California. Getty via AFP
Chopra and Jonas attend the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Centre on January 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. Getty via AFP
The couple attend the 2019 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Centre for the Performing Arts on February 24, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California. Getty via AFP
Jonas and Chopra arrive for the screening of the film 'The Best Years of a Life (Les Plus Belles Annees D'Une Vie)' at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival in southern France, on May 18, 2019. AFP
The celebrity couple attend the 2019 Met Gala, Celebrating Camp: Notes on Fashion, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City. Getty via AFP
Chopra and Jonas at their wedding reception in Mumbai, on December 19, 2018. They got married in a ceremony on December 1 that year in a lavish palace hotel wedding in Udaipur, India. AFP
Chopra and Jonas attend the premiere of Amazon Prime Video's 'Chasing Happiness' on June 3, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. Getty via AFP
The couple attend the 2019 Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP
Chopra, accompanied by Jonas, arrives for the pre-engagement party of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta in Mumbai on June 28, 2018. Akash is the son of Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man and Reliance Industries Limited chairman. AFP
A newly-married Chopra and Jonas during a reception in Mumbai, India, on December 20, 2018. AFP
The couple at one of their wedding receptions, held in New Delhi on December 4, 2018. AFP
Chopra and Jonas attend the Ralph Lauren fashion show during New York Fashion Week on September 7, 2018, in New York City. Getty via AFP
The couple clicked together after a dinner date in Mumbai on June 22, 2018. AFP
Jonas and Chopra arrive in Jodhpur in Rajasthan state on November 29, 2018, ahead of their wedding festivities. AFP
Then a new couple, Jonas and Chopra attend the Met Gala themed Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2017 in New York City. Getty via AFP
Malti, who was born in January via surrogacy , spent more than 100 days in a neonatal intensive care unit in a Los Angeles hospital.
“Every family’s journey is unique and requires a certain level of faith, and while ours was a challenging few months, what becomes abundantly clear, in retrospect, is how precious and perfect every moment is," Chopra shared in May, thanking doctors at the Rady Children’s and Cedars-Sinai hospitals.
The name Malti comes from the ancient Indian language Sanskrit and means “fragrant flower” or “moonlight”. It is a name associated with luminance, brightness and brilliance, and was typically common among older generations in India.
Chopra, 40, and Jonas, 29, married in a lavish ceremony in India in December 2018. It was attended by, among others, his musician brothers Kevin and Joe Jonas and Joe's wife, the Game of Thrones actress Sophie Turner. They celebrated their marriage with three wedding receptions — two in Mumbai and one in New Delhi.
Scroll through the gallery of 47 photos that show Priyanka Chopra's style evolution
Priyanka Chopra wears an embellished ballgown at the Miss World final, which she won, at London's Millennium Dome on November 30, 2000. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, with Karina Kapoor and Akshay Kumar, wears a lilac turtleneck and pencil skirt on the set of 'Aitraz' in Bombay on July 10, 2004. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears the mid-2000s staple, a denim skirt over black leggings, at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on October 15, 2006, in Jaipur. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra performs in distressed jeans layered under a white dress during the Global Indian Film Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 10, 2006. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, wearing a classic little white dress, is named Tag Heuer's new ambassador in New Delhi on March 12, 2007. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a wraparound vest top and jeans in Mumbai on November 13, 2008. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a soft nude gown at 'The Hollywood Reporter' Next Gen Asia event in Hong Kong on March 24, 2009. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra dons a golden sari adorned with pink embellishments at the International Indian Film Academy Awards on June 13, 2009 in Macau. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, with Shah Rukh Khan and Florian Lukas, wears a demure midi dress in Berlin on October 22, 2010. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a purple mini dress at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 8, 2011. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, with Farhan Akhtar, wears sheer, lace-trimmed tulle at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 2012. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra wears a floral-appliqued gown at the International India Film Academy Awards in Singapore on June 9, 2012. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra wore deep green and gold at the 12th International Marrakech Film Festival on December 8, 2012. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, with Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor, wore a fifties-style printed midi at the Dubai International Film Festival on December 13, 2013. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra wears a LBD at the launch of the Jaguar Range Rover LWD Autobiography Black in India on February 5, 2014. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears coral Zac Posen at the MusiCares Person of the Year gala in LA on February 6, 2015. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears sparkly Vera Wang at the People's Choice Awards in LA on January 6, 2016. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in Monique Lhuillier at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in LA on January 30, 2016. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in sharp white suiting at the Time 100 Gala in New York on April 26, 2016. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a show-stopping Jason Wu gown at the 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony in LA on September 18, 2016. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears navy silk at the 70th Unicef Anniversary in New York on December 12, 2016. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a Ralph Lauren glimmering jacquard dress at the 74th annual Golden Globe Awards in LA on January 8, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in a fringed Sally LaPointe two-piece at the People's Choice Awards in LA on January 18, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a structured Ralph & Russo number at the 89th annual Academy Awards in LA on February 26, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, with Nick Jonas, in a Ralph Lauren trench-coat gown at the Met Gala in New York on May 1, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra wears a white lace mini dress in Berlin on May 30, 2017. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra wears textured Zimmermann at the Build LDN event on June 1, 2017 in London. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra attends the Giorgio Armani autumn / winter show - and wears the brand - at Paris Couture Week on July 4, 2017. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra wears a printed mini and matching boots at the Global Citizen Festival in New York on September 23, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in Balmain at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in LA on September 17, 2017. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in Ralph Lauren maroon velvet at the Met Gala in New York on May 7, 2018. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, with Abigail Leigh Spencer, wears a custom Vivienne Westwood skirt suit at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in London on May 19, 2018. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, in a silver lehenga, and Nick Jonas during their wedding reception in New Delhi on December 4, 2018. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, wearing a Sabyasachi Mukherjee brocade gown and dupatta shawl, and Nick Jonas at their wedding reception in Mumbai on December 19, 2018. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, with Nick Jonas, wears metallic Vivienne Westwood in LA on February 11, 2019. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, wearing a black Elie Saab gown, at the 2019 'Vanity Fair' Oscar Party in LA on February 24, 2019. EPA
Priyanka Chopra in beaded Roberto Cavalli at the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2019 in France. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, with Nick Jonas, wears a directional Fendi dress at the Chopard Love Night dinner on May 17, 2019 in Cannes. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra, in strapless Georges Hobeika, and Nick Jonas at the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival on May 18, 2019 in France. Getty Images
Priyanka Chopra in ruffled Marchesa at the 44th annual Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 13, 2019. EPA
Priyanka Chopra at the 18th annual Marrakech International Film Festival on December 5, 2019. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, in romantic pink Cristina Ottaviano, and Nick Jonas at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards in LA on January 5, 2020. EPA
Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra, in fringed Ralph & Russo, at the 62nd annual Grammy Awards in LA on January 26, 2020. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, in a bronze satin gown by Lebanese designer Nicolas Jebran, arrives at the Pre-Grammy Gala in Beverly Hills on January 25, 2020. AP
Priyanka Chopra arrives in custom Richard Quinn for the Fashion Awards 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, on November 29, 2021. EPA
Priyanka Chopra, in a custom Halpern metallic gown, arrives for the premiere of 'The Matrix Resurrections' at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, California, on December 18, 2021. AFP
Priyanka Chopra, in an orange sequin dress by Rasario, attends the Bulgari Eden the Garden Of Wonders event in Paris on June 6, 2022. Getty Images
Updated: August 11, 2022, 12:06 PM