झुग्गी बस्ती (jhuggii bastii)
noun
A compound noun meaning 'slum settlement' or 'shantytown' -- literally a cluster (बस्ती, bastii) of makeshift huts (झुग्गी, jhuggii). It has one core meaning; you will also hear the parts used separately.
Sense
1
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slum, shantytown, informal settlement of makeshift huts
noun, feminine
Synonyms: झुग्गी (jhuggii, shorter, very common alone), बस्ती (bastii, broader, can mean any settlement/neighborhood), झोपड़पट्टी (jhopadpattii, common especially in news/Mumbai-inflected usage), मलिन बस्ती (malin bastii, formal/bureaucratic term)
Frequency: medium
Cultural Note: Every Indian city has its झुग्गी बस्ती (jhuggii bastii) -- clusters of huts built from tin sheets, tarpaulin, and brick, often right beside gleaming apartment towers, a visual contrast that is very much part of urban life here. In Delhi you will hear this term constantly in news reports about demolition drives (अतिक्रमण हटाना, atikrman hataanaa) or resettlement colonies, so it carries real socio-political weight, not just a neutral geography label.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes use बस्ती (bastii) alone thinking it always means 'slum' -- but बस्ती (bastii) on its own just means 'settlement' or 'locality' and can refer to any neighborhood, poor or not; the slum sense really comes from pairing it with झुग्गी (jhuggii). 2) झुग्गी (jhuggii) alone is often used colloquially to mean the whole slum area, not just one hut, so don't assume it always refers to a single dwelling.
Sample Sentences:
इस शहर में हर बड़ी सड़क के पीछे एक झुग्गी बस्ती है।
There is a slum behind every big road in this city.
(is shahar men har badii sadak ke piichhe ek jhuggii bastii hai।)
नगर निगम ने कल झुग्गी बस्ती पर बुलडोज़र चलाया।
The municipal corporation ran bulldozers over the slum yesterday.
(nagar nigam ne kal jhuggii bastii par buldozar chalaayaa।)
बचपन में मैं जिस झुग्गी बस्ती में रहता था, वह अब पार्क बन गई है।
The slum where I lived as a child has now become a park.
(bachpan men main jis jhuggii bastii men rahtaa thaa, vah ab paark ban gaii hai।)
मज़दूर परिवार झुग्गी बस्ती में तंग हालात में गुज़ारा कर रहे हैं।
The laborer families are eking out a living in cramped conditions in the slum.
(mazdoor parivaar jhuggii bastii men tang haalaat men guzaaraa kar rahe hain।)
अगर सरकार समय पर ध्यान देती तो यह झुग्गी बस्ती इतनी न फैलती।
If the government had paid attention in time, this slum would not have spread so much.
(agar sarkaar samay par dhyaan detii to yah jhuggii bastii itnii n phailtii।)
रिपोर्ट के अनुसार दिल्ली की कई झुग्गी बस्तियों को अतिक्रमण हटाने के नाम पर तोड़ा जाएगा।
According to the report, several slums in Delhi will be demolished in the name of removing encroachment.
(riport ke anusaar dillii kii kaii jhuggii bastiyon ko atikrman hataane ke naam par todaa jaaegaa।)
क्या यह उचित है कि झुग्गी बस्ती के लोगों को बिना पुनर्वास के हटा दिया जाए?
Is it right that the people of the slum should be removed without resettlement?
(kyaa yah uchit hai ki jhuggii bastii ke logon ko binaa punarvaas ke hataa diyaa jaae?)
उस झुग्गी बस्ती में बिजली और पानी की कोई सुविधा नहीं है।
There is no facility of electricity and water in that slum.
(us jhuggii bastii men bijlii aur paanii kii koii suvidhaa nahiin hai।)
पत्रकार झुग्गी बस्ती में जाकर वहाँ के हालात पर रिपोर्ट बना रहा था।
The journalist went into the slum and was making a report on the conditions there.
(patrkaar jhuggii bastii men jaakar vahaan ke haalaat par riport banaa rahaa thaa।)
गरीबों को इंसान समझो, झुग्गी बस्ती को केवल गंदगी का ढेर मत मानो।
Consider the poor as human beings, don't think of the slum as merely a heap of filth.
(gariibon ko insaan samjho, jhuggii bastii ko keval gandgii kaa dher mat maano।)
Morphology
Noun
(sg.f.direct):
झुग्गी बस्ती
(jhuggii bastii)
(sg.f.oblique):
झुग्गी बस्ती
(jhuggii bastii)
(pl.f.direct):
झुग्गी बस्तियाँ
(jhuggii bastiyaan)
(pl.f.oblique):
झुग्गी बस्तियों
(jhuggii bastiyon)