basti

• bustee

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

• IPA^(key): /bʌstiː/

basti (plural bastis)

1. (India) A slum.
   • 2012, Sarwant Singh, New Mega Trends: Implications for Our Future Lives, page 63:

     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.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbas.ti]

basti

1. inflection of bastar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

basti

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of bastir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.sti/
• Rhymes: -asti
• Hyphenation: bà‧sti

basti

1. inflection of bastare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

basti

1. inflection of bastir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Inherited from Old French bastir, from Medieval Latin bastiō (“to build, sew”). Cognate with French bâtir, Norman baïr, Picard bâti, English baste.

• IPA^(key): /bas.ti/

basti

1. to build; to construct

   Il a basti deux måjhons.

   He built two houses.