busteen.

Brit.

/ˈbʌstiː/, U.S.

/bəˈsti/

Forms: 1800s– basti, 1800s– bustee, 1800s– busti, 1800s– busty, 1900s– bastee.

Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi bastī.

Etymology: < Hindi bastī settlement, makeshift settlement, suburb, originally a modern vernacular pronunciation of Sanskrit vasati abode < vas- to dwell (see be v.).

In South Asia: a village or group of huts; a shanty town, a slum.Particularly associated with Calcutta.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > village in countries other than England

casal1511

clachana1530

rancheria1594

aldeia1609

stanitza1662

kraal1731

pettah1761

township1789

pueblo1808

rancho1819

kainga1820

aoul1828

bustee1834

obe1835

tref1841

kampong1844

mir1856

manyatta1905

lapa1909

shtetl1963

1834 Aurungzebe I. xi. 151 Are you all so blear-eyed as not to see the robbers of that ill-starred bustee (hamlet)?

1883 Sat. Rev. 8 Sept. 301/2 Collections of huts, which are known as ‘Bustees’.

1885 Daily Tel. 25 Dec. No cases of cholera were found in the squalid bustees round several tanks.

1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 8/3 A large tiger..lurking among the ‘bustis’.

1963 Times 30 May 13/6 In bustees—as the shanty towns where 25 per cent of the population live are called—..fresh, clean water is never available.

1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) iv. 175 Most of the people in that bustee are decent, but some lanes are very dangerous.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bustee
释义	busteen. Brit. /ˈbʌstiː/, U.S. /bəˈsti/ Forms: 1800s– basti, 1800s– bustee, 1800s– busti, 1800s– busty, 1900s– bastee. Origin: A borrowing from Hindi. Etymon: Hindi bastī. Etymology: < Hindi bastī settlement, makeshift settlement, suburb, originally a modern vernacular pronunciation of Sanskrit vasati abode < vas- to dwell (see be v.). In South Asia: a village or group of huts; a shanty town, a slum.Particularly associated with Calcutta. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > village > [noun] > village in countries other than England casal1511 clachana1530 rancheria1594 aldeia1609 stanitza1662 kraal1731 pettah1761 township1789 pueblo1808 rancho1819 kainga1820 aoul1828 bustee1834 obe1835 tref1841 kampong1844 mir1856 manyatta1905 lapa1909 shtetl1963 1834 Aurungzebe I. xi. 151 Are you all so blear-eyed as not to see the robbers of that ill-starred bustee (hamlet)? 1883 Sat. Rev. 8 Sept. 301/2 Collections of huts, which are known as ‘Bustees’. 1885 Daily Tel. 25 Dec. No cases of cholera were found in the squalid bustees round several tanks. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 8/3 A large tiger..lurking among the ‘bustis’. 1963 Times 30 May 13/6 In bustees—as the shanty towns where 25 per cent of the population live are called—..fresh, clean water is never available. 1996 R. Mistry Fine Balance (1997) iv. 175 Most of the people in that bustee are decent, but some lanes are very dangerous. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834
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