basti

British

/ ˈbʌstɪ /

noun

(in India) a slum inhabited by poor people

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Etymology

Origin of basti

Urdu: settlement

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My first day in the village, I was taken to the upper-caste basti to meet the village headman, a tall, broad-chested Brahmin named Vinod Upadhyay.

From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 21, 2012

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