Hindi imperative देखो meaning "look" or "see here". In South Asian English it functions as an attention-getter that pulls a listener into the speaker's perspective before they make their point — closer to "look here" or "you see" than literal "look at this". Common in conversational openers ("Dekho, the thing is...") where the speaker is about to lay out their position or correct a misunderstanding. Slightly softer than the English "look" because it carries the Hindi register of patient explanation rather than command.
Dekho, I am telling you only because you are my friend — the deal is not as clean as it sounds.
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