भीड़ (bhiid)
noun
Mainly means a crowd or throng of people; also used figuratively for a chaotic press of people or things.
Sense
1
:
crowd of people
noun, feminine
Synonyms: जमघट (jamghat, less common), हुजूम (hujoom)
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: Anyone who has tried to board a Delhi Metro at rush hour knows भीड़ (bhiid) in their bones -- it's the go-to word for the crush at a mela, a market, a bus stop, or outside a temple during a festival. You'll often hear भीड़ में मत जाओ (bhiid men mat jaao, 'don't go into the crowd') as a parental warning.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often try to pluralize it as भीड़ें (bhiiden) to mean 'many people,' but native speakers usually say भीड़ (bhiid) itself or भारी भीड़ (bhaarii bhiid, 'a heavy/huge crowd') rather than pluralizing casually. 2) भीड़ (bhiid) takes है (hai) as a mass noun (singular agreement) even though it refers to many people -- भीड़ है (bhiid hai, 'there is a crowd'), not भीड़ हैं (bhiid hain).
Sample Sentences:
दिल्ली मेट्रो में सुबह के वक़्त बहुत भीड़ होती है।
There is a huge crowd in the Delhi Metro in the morning.
(dillii metro men subah ke vaqt bahut bhiid hotii hai।)
मेले में इतनी भीड़ थी कि मुझे साँस लेना मुश्किल हो गया।
There was such a huge crowd at the fair that I found it hard to breathe.
(mele men itnii bhiid thii ki mujhe saans lenaa mushkil ho gayaa।)
भीड़ में मत जाओ, कहीं तुम खो न जाओ।
Don't go into the crowd, or you might get lost.
(bhiid men mat jaao, kahiin tum kho n jaao।)
मंदिर के बाहर भीड़ बढ़ती जा रही है।
The crowd outside the temple is growing.
(mandir ke baahar bhiid badhtii jaa rahii hai।)
अगर टिकट पहले से बुक होता, तो हमें भीड़ का सामना नहीं करना पड़ता।
If the tickets had been booked in advance, we wouldn't have had to face the crowd.
(agar tikat pahle se buk hotaa, to hamen bhiid kaa saamnaa nahiin karnaa padtaa।)
स्टेशन पर भीड़ को देखकर पुलिस को बुला लिया गया।
Seeing the crowd at the station, the police were called.
(steshan par bhiid ko dekhkar pulis ko bulaa liyaa gayaa।)
बाज़ार में इतनी भीड़ जुट गई कि रास्ता ही बंद हो गया।
Such a huge crowd gathered in the market that the road was completely blocked.
(baazaar men itnii bhiid jut gaii ki raastaa hii band ho gayaa।)
क्या तुम भीड़ में उसे ढूँढ पाओगे?
Will you be able to find him in the crowd?
(kyaa tum bhiid men use dhoondh paaoge?)
शायद छुट्टी के दिन बाज़ार में भीड़ कम हो।
Perhaps the market will have less of a crowd on a holiday.
(shaayad chhuttii ke din baazaar men bhiid kam ho।)
उत्सव के दिन मंदिर के प्रांगण में भारी भीड़ इकट्ठा हुई।
On the festival day, a massive crowd gathered in the temple courtyard.
(utsav ke din mandir ke praangan men bhaarii bhiid ikatthaa huii।)
बस स्टॉप पर भीड़ लगी रहती है, फिर भी बसें कम हैं।
There's always a crowd at the bus stop, yet there are too few buses.
(bas stop par bhiid lagii rahtii hai, phir bhii basen kam hain।)
Sense
2
:
undifferentiated mass, herd-like anonymity (figurative)
noun, feminine Used in phrases like भीड़ का हिस्सा (bhiid kaa hissaa, 'part of the crowd') to talk about losing individuality within a group.
Synonyms: जनसमूह (janasmooh, formal)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: This figurative sense shows up in reflective or philosophical talk -- someone might say भीड़ में खो जाना (bhiid men kho jaanaa, 'to get lost in the crowd') meaning to lose one's individual identity, a common theme in Hindi film dialogues and self-help style speech.
Sample Sentences:
हर कोई भीड़ का हिस्सा नहीं बनना चाहता।
Not everyone wants to become a part of the faceless masses.
(har koii bhiid kaa hissaa nahiin bannaa chaahtaa।)
वह भीड़ में खो गया, अपनी पहचान भूलकर।
He got lost in the anonymous crowd, forgetting his own identity.
(vah bhiid men kho gayaa, apnii pahchaan bhoolkar।)
अगर तुम अलग नहीं सोचोगे, तो भीड़ में खो जाओगे।
If you don't think differently, you'll get lost in the crowd of sameness.
(agar tum alag nahiin sochoge, to bhiid men kho jaaoge।)
काश मैं भीड़ का हिस्सा बनकर न जीता।
I wish I hadn't lived just as a nameless part of the masses.
(kaash main bhiid kaa hissaa bankar n jiitaa।)
भीड़ में शामिल होकर इंसान अपनी सोच खो देता है।
By joining the anonymous masses, a person loses his own way of thinking.
(bhiid men shaamil hokar insaan apnii soch kho detaa hai।)
अपनी अलग पहचान बनाओ, भीड़ मत बनो।
Build your own distinct identity, don't become just another face in the crowd.
(apnii alag pahchaan banaao, bhiid mat bano।)
यह दुनिया चाहती है कि हम सब भीड़ बन जाएँ।
This world wants all of us to become an undifferentiated mass.
(yah duniyaa chaahtii hai ki ham sab bhiid ban jaaen।)
क्या तुम भीड़ का हिस्सा बनकर जीना चाहते हो, या कुछ अलग करना चाहते हो?
Do you want to live as part of the nameless masses, or do you want to do something different?
(kyaa tum bhiid kaa hissaa bankar jiinaa chaahte ho, yaa kuchh alag karnaa chaahte ho?)
इस भागती-दौड़ती भीड़ में हर कोई एक जैसा दिखने लगा है।
In this rushing, anonymous mass of humanity, everyone has started looking the same.
(is bhaagtii-daudtii bhiid men har koii ek jaisaa dikhne lagaa hai।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
भीड़
(bhiid)
(sg.f.oblique):
भीड़
(bhiid)
(pl.f.direct):
भीड़ें
(bhiiden)
(pl.f.oblique):
भीड़ों
(bhiidon)