bustee

or bus·ti

[ buhs-tee ]

noun

, India.

1. a small settlement; village.
2. a slum.

bustee

/ ˈbʌstiː /

noun

1. variant spellings of basti

Word History and Origins

Origin of bustee¹

1880–85; < Hindi bastī, akin to basnā to dwell

Example Sentences

Bustee's body was stolen at night by his son, and Guyadut's was sold to his family by the soldiers.

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Finally the bustee-wallahs agreed to stop operations and await legal judgment.

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It may open on to a courtyard common to two or more houses, or it may lie behind any one of the gates of Jitha Megji's bustee.

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This outbreak led to the inoculation of one hundred and sixteen persons in the bustee out of about two hundred.

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