आज का शब्द / آج كا شبد / ਅੱਜ ਦਾ ਸ਼ਬਦ

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बस्ती / بستي / ਬਸਤੀ bastee (< San. वसति vasti "dwelling, abiding") "inhabited place, settlement, colony; village, small town; abode"

I expect the Panjabi is a borrowing from Hindi since inherited /v/ is usually preserved, whereas in Hindustani it merges with /b/. In fact, my dictionaries list ਵਸਤੀ vastee as an alternative form, although at least one labels it "dialectal". Moreover, the associated verb is ਵਸਣਾ vasNaa "dwell, inhabit". (Cf. H-U बसना / بسنا basnaa "idem.")