Slang tagged with housing
batcha
A single room rented by a bachelor or single person.
chawl (เคเคพเคณ)
A type of historical tenement housing, often with small, single-room units and shared facilities (common in Mumbai).
colony
A planned residential area or neighborhood (standard but widely used).
compound
The land or yard surrounding a house or apartment block.
council flat
A public housing apartment owned and managed by the local government council.
dope spot
A cool, excellent, or desirable apartment or house.
estate
A large area of land containing housing built by a local authority or private developer (often refers to public housing).
face-me-i-face-you
A type of communal housing where rooms face each other across a corridor, with shared facilities.
gated community
A residential area with restricted access, often viewed as exclusive or upper-class.
gosiwon (๊ณ ์์)
A tiny, inexpensive room, typically rented by students or those with low income (very small living space).
jok-paeng-i (์ชฝ๋ฐฉ์ด)
A cramped, extremely small, often subdivided room for low-income tenants.
khata (ั ะฐัะฐ)
Apartment; house (very informal, old slang).
kheema (ุฎูู ุฉ)
Tent (Can be used humorously to describe a very basic or temporary dwelling).
komunalka (ะบะพะผะผัะฝะฐะปะบะฐ)
A communal apartment with shared kitchen and bathroom facilities (often refers to old Soviet housing).
panelka (ะฟะฐะฝะตะปัะบะฐ)
A large, usually drab, Soviet-era prefabricated concrete panel building.
shanty
A small, crudely built shack or dwelling (often in informal settlements).
the burbs
The suburbs; residential areas outside the main city.
wolse (์์ธ)
Monthly rent (a common rental arrangement).
wonroom (์๋ฃธ)
A studio apartment (literally "one room").