Definition of jhuggi in English:
jhuggi
nounPlural jhuggis ˈdʒʌɡi
Indian A slum dwelling typically made of mud and corrugated iron.
Example sentencesExamples
- The enforcement wing of the Estate Office today removed over 30 jhuggis near market places in Sector 15 and 20.
- Meanwhile, the district administration last night urged all those living alongside the Badi Nadi to vacate their jhuggis immediately.
- She lives in an unauthorised cluster of jhuggis and has been abandoned by her husband Haran, the father of her four children.
- This is a slum settlement of jhuggis that had been completely razed to the ground on February 28 affecting about 227 families.
- Over 1000 jhuggis in the colony were damaged, and the people rendered homeless.