basti
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of basti
Urdu: settlement
Example Sentences
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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
Da non trovare paragone simile, Vi basti, per esempio, il campanile.”
From Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series by Leland, Charles Godfrey
L'Evesque d'Avignoun, Mounsen Grimau, A fa basti 'no tourre à Barbentano Qu' enràbio vènt de mar e tremountano E fai despoutenta l'Esprit dóu mau.
From Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence by Downer, Charles Alfred
"Che lei vedrà, così ben che sia tardo, Vederla viva, dirà: basti ad noi Comprender or quel che è natura et arte."
From Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 by Ady, Julia Mary Cartwright
Il Semble même que les Anglois ont basti Baston, et en ont fait une ville Considerable à l'extremeté de leur pretenduë Nouvelle Angleterre.
From A Half-Century of Conflict - Volume II by Parkman, Francis
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