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bastee

bastee is the alternative form of basti.

Meaning of basti

Noun

basti (plural bastis)

  1. (India, North) A slum.
    • There is a dreary bustee in the neighbourhood which is said to make the most of any cholera that may be going.1891, Rudyard Kipling, The City Of Dreadful Night

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Forms of bastee

pluralbastees

Questions about bastee

What is bastee the alternative form of?
Bastee is the alternative form of basti.

Words near bastee in the dictionary

  1. bastardy bonds
  2. baste
  3. baste up
  4. basted
  5. basted up
  6. bastee
  7. bastees
  8. bastegh
  9. baster
  10. basterd
  11. basterds

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