गृहस्थ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गृहस्थ (gṛhastha).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɪ.ɦəst̪ʰ/, [ɡɾɪ.ɦɐst̪ʰ]

Noun

गृहस्थ • (gŕhasth) m

householder (a person supports a family)
(Hinduism, historical) a brahman performing the duty of a householder

Declension

Declension of गृहस्थ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गृहस्थ gŕhasth	गृहस्थ gŕhasth
oblique	गृहस्थ gŕhasth	गृहस्थों gŕhasthõ
vocative	गृहस्थ gŕhasth	गृहस्थो gŕhastho

Derived terms

गृहस्थी (gŕhasthī)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गृहस्थ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Noun

गृहस्थ • (gṛhastha) stem, m

a householder, Brahman in the 2nd period of his religious life (performing the duties of the master of a house and father of a family after having finished his studies and after investiture with the sacred thread

Related terms

गृह (gṛha)

Descendants

Telugu: గృహస్థుడు (gr̥hasthuḍu)
Bengali: গৃহস্থ

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