गृहस्थ

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गृहस्थ (gṛhastha).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

गृहस्थ • (gŕhasth) m

1. householder (a person supports a family)
2. (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

1. 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: গেরস্ত (gerosto)