Meaning & use
Basti
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In South Asian English, an informal, densely populated urban settlement or slum, often lacking secure land tenure or basic services.
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The NGO runs a health clinic inside the basti to serve families without easy access to hospitals.
Rapid rural migration has swelled the city's bastis over the past two decades.
A note on using this word
Basti is a Hindi/Urdu-derived term widely used in Indian, Pakistani, and Bangladeshi English, especially in urban planning and development contexts.
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slumshantytown
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