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basti

/bʌstiː/

basti noun: a slum.

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
    • With the population growth in the jhopadpattis, favelas, bastis and bidonvilles higher than any other environment in the world, we are seeing the emergence of Megaslums, where one million urban poor live in an area measuring just 1.5 square miles.2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63

Proper noun capitalized: Basti

Basti

  1. A city, district, and division of Uttar Pradesh, India.

Forms of basti

pluralbastis
alternative formbustee

Origin of basti

Borrowed from Hindi बस्ती (bastī, “settlement”).

Borrowed from Hindi बस्ती (bastī).

Words formed from basti

Questions about basti

What does basti mean?
Basti means a slum.
What part of speech is basti?
Basti can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce basti?
Basti is pronounced /bʌstiː/.
What is the plural of basti?
The plural of basti is bastis.

Words near basti in the dictionary

  1. Basterland
  2. basters
  3. bastes
  4. bastes up
  5. Bastet
  6. basti
  7. Basti Division
  8. Bastia
  9. Bastian
  10. bastible
  11. bastibles

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