basti

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

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.

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

basti

1. third-person singular imperative form of bastar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of bastar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of bastar

• 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

• IPA^(key): /bas.ti/

basti

1. to build

   Il a basti deux måjhons.

   He built two houses.