बासी (baasii)
adjective
An adjective describing food (or, by extension, ideas/news) that is stale or no longer fresh -- the opposite of ताज़ा (taazaa, 'fresh').
Sense
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stale (food)
adjective
Synonyms: पुराना (puraanaa, for leftover food specifically)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: In most Indian homes, बासी रोटी (baasii rotii, 'stale roti') from last night is not thrown away -- it is often eaten for breakfast, sometimes soaked in milk or fried again, so the word carries a very everyday, practical association rather than a purely negative one like 'spoiled' would.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes reach for पुराना (puraanaa, 'old') to describe stale food, but बासी (baasii) is the specific word native speakers use for food that has gone stale overnight or lost freshness -- पुराना (puraanaa) sounds odd applied to, say, रोटी (rotii). 2) बासी (baasii) is used for food and closely related domestic contexts; it does not extend to inanimate objects like clothes or furniture the way 'stale' sometimes can in English.
Sample Sentences:
यह रोटी बासी है, फिर भी अच्छी लग रही है।
This roti is stale, but it still tastes good.
(yah rotii baasii hai, phir bhii achchhii lag rahii hai।)
मुझे सुबह बासी चाय पीना बिल्कुल पसंद नहीं है।
I really don't like drinking stale tea in the morning.
(mujhe subah baasii chaay piinaa bilkul pasand nahiin hai।)
कल की बची हुई दाल आज बासी हो गई।
Yesterday's leftover lentils went stale today.
(kal kii bachii huii daal aaj baasii ho gaii।)
बासी खाना मत खाओ, पेट खराब हो जाएगा।
Don't eat stale food, you'll get an upset stomach.
(baasii khaanaa mat khaao, pet kharaab ho jaaegaa।)
दादी हमेशा कहती थीं कि बासी रोटी दूध में भिगोकर खानी चाहिए।
Grandma always used to say that stale roti should be soaked in milk before eating.
(daadii hameshaa kahtii thiin ki baasii rotii doodh men bhigokar khaanii chaahie।)
अगर सब्ज़ी बासी होती तो मैं उसे फेंक देता।
If the vegetables had been stale, I would have thrown them away.
(agar sabzii baasii hotii to main use phenk detaa।)
क्या तुम बासी चावल को तेल में भूनकर खाना पसंद करते हो?
Do you like eating stale rice fried up in oil?
(kyaa tum baasii chaaval ko tel men bhoonkar khaanaa pasand karte ho?)
फ्रिज में रखे बिना यह ब्रेड कल तक बासी हो जाएगी।
Without being kept in the fridge, this bread will go stale by tomorrow.
(phrij men rakhe binaa yah bred kal tak baasii ho jaaegii।)
यह सुनकर अच्छा लगा कि आपको बासी पूड़ियाँ भी पसंद हैं।
It was nice to hear that you like even stale pooris.
(yah sunkar achchhaa lagaa ki aapko baasii poodiyaan bhii pasand hain।)
होटल वाले ने बासी खाना परोसा, इसलिए हमने शिकायत की।
The hotel served stale food, so we complained.
(hotal vaale ne baasii khaanaa parosaa, islie hamne shikaayat kii।)
बासी मिठाई से पूरे परिवार को फूड पॉइज़निंग हो गई थी।
The whole family got food poisoning from stale sweets.
(baasii mithaaii se poore parivaar ko phood poizning ho gaii thii।)
Sense
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stale, old (figurative: news, jokes, ideas)
adjective
Synonyms: पुराना (puraanaa)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Just as in English 'stale news,' Hindi extends बासी (baasii) from food to information or humor that has lost its punch -- बासी खबर (baasii khabar, 'stale/old news') or बासी मज़ाक (baasii mazaak, 'stale joke') are common ways to say something is no longer fresh or interesting.
Sample Sentences:
यह तो बासी खबर है, यह तो सबको पता है।
This is stale news, everyone already knows it.
(yah to baasii khabar hai, yah to sabko pataa hai।)
उसका मज़ाक इतना बासी हो गया है कि अब कोई नहीं हँसता।
His joke has become so stale that nobody laughs anymore.
(uskaa mazaak itnaa baasii ho gayaa hai ki ab koii nahiin hanstaa।)
अखबार में वही बासी कहानियाँ बार-बार छपती रहती हैं।
The same stale stories keep getting printed in the newspaper again and again.
(akhbaar men vahii baasii kahaaniyaan baar-baar chhaptii rahtii hain।)
जब तक यह खबर टीवी पर आएगी, तब तक यह बासी हो चुकी होगी।
By the time this news comes on TV, it will already be stale.
(jab tak yah khabar tiivii par aaegii, tab tak yah baasii ho chukii hogii।)
कृपया कोई नया विचार दें, यह वाला तो बहुत बासी है।
Please give some new idea, this one is very stale.
(kripyaa koii nayaa vichaar den, yah vaalaa to bahut baasii hai।)
अगर उसे पता होता कि यह चुटकुला इतना बासी हो गया है, तो वह इसे कभी नहीं सुनाता।
If he had known this joke had become so stale, he would never have told it.
(agar use pataa hotaa ki yah chutkulaa itnaa baasii ho gayaa hai, to vah ise kabhii nahiin sunaataa।)
यह बासी मज़ाक तो हर पार्टी में सुनाया जाता है।
This stale joke gets told at every party.
(yah baasii mazaak to har paartii men sunaayaa jaataa hai।)
संपादक ने कहा कि इस बासी कहानी को अगले अंक में मत छापो।
The editor said not to print this stale story in the next issue.
(sampaadak ne kahaa ki is baasii kahaanii ko agle ank men mat chhaapo।)
शायद यह विचार अब बासी लगे, फिर भी कुछ लोगों को पसंद आ सकता है।
Perhaps this idea seems stale now, still some people might like it.
(shaayad yah vichaar ab baasii lage, phir bhii kuchh logon ko pasand aa saktaa hai।)
पुरानी बासी अफवाहों पर ध्यान देने की कोई ज़रूरत नहीं।
There is no need to pay attention to old, stale rumors.
(puraanii baasii aphvaahon par dhyaan dene kii koii zaroorat nahiin।)
Morphology
Adjective (variable)
(sg.m):
बासी
(baasii)
(pl.m):
बासीे
([[बासीे]])
(sg.f):
बासीी
([[बासीी]])
(pl.f):
बासीी
([[बासीी]])