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basti¹

  • /bʌstiː/

Where it comes from

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

noun bastis · bustee

  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.

Basti²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindi बस्ती (bastī).

proper noun

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

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@misc{basti_2026,
  title = {basti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/basti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}