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गृह
गृह
Hindi
Noun
गृह • (gṛha) m (Urdu spelling گرہ)
Synonyms
References
- McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
- Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰó, from *ǵʰortós.
Noun
गृह • (gṛhá) m
- assistant, servant
- (m singular and pl., in later language m pl. and n singular) a house, habitation, home
- mṛn-máya gṛhá — house of earth, grave
- adharā́d gṛhá — the lower world
- RV 1.49.1d
- उषो भद्रेभिरा गहि दिवश्चिद रोचनादधि |
- वहन्त्वरुणप्सव उप तवा सोमिनो गर्हम ||
- uṣo bhadrebhirā ghahi divaścid rocanādadhi |
- vahantvaruṇapsava upa tvā somino gṛham ||
- E'EN from above the sky's bright realm come, Uṣas, by auspicious ways:
- Let red steeds bear thee to the house of him who pours the Soma, juice.
- (at the end of a compound, with names of gods) a temple
- चण्डिकागृह (caṇḍikā-gṛha) — a temple of Durgā
- देवतागृह (devatā-gṛha) — temple, chapel
- (at the end of a compound, with name of plants) a bower
- (in the plural) a house as containing several rooms
- the inhabitants of a house, family
- wife
- householder
Declension
| Masculine a-stem declension of गृह | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गृहः (gṛhaḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गृहस्य (gṛhasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गृहः (gṛhaḥ) | गृहौ (gṛhau) | गृहाः (gṛhāḥ) |
| Vocative | गृह (gṛha) | गृहौ (gṛhau) | गृहाः (gṛhāḥ) |
| Accusative | गृहम् (gṛham) | गृहौ (gṛhau) | गृहान् (gṛhān) |
| Instrumental | गृहेण (gṛheṇa) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहैः (gṛhaiḥ) |
| Dative | गृहाय (gṛhāya) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहेभ्यः (gṛhebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गृहात् (gṛhāt) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहेभ्यः (gṛhebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गृहस्य (gṛhasya) | गृहयोः (gṛhayoḥ) | गृहाणाम् (gṛhāṇām) |
| Locative | गृहे (gṛhe) | गृहयोः (gṛhayoḥ) | गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) |
Noun
गृह • (gṛhá) n
- wife
- zodiac sign
- an astrological mansion
- name of the 4th astrological mansion
- square (in chess or in any similar game)
- name, appellation
Declension
| Neuter a-stem declension of गृह | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | गृहम् (gṛham) | ||
| Gen. sg. | गृहस्य (gṛhasya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | गृहम् (gṛham) | गृहे (gṛhe) | गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) |
| Vocative | गृह (gṛha) | गृहे (gṛhe) | गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) |
| Accusative | गृहम् (gṛham) | गृहे (gṛhe) | गृहाणि (gṛhāṇi) |
| Instrumental | गृहेण (gṛheṇa) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहैः (gṛhaiḥ) |
| Dative | गृहा (gṛhā) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहेभ्यः (gṛhebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | गृहात् (gṛhāt) | गृहाभ्याम् (gṛhābhyām) | गृहेभ्यः (gṛhebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | गृहस्य (gṛhasya) | गृहयोः (gṛhayoḥ) | गृहाणाम् (gṛhāṇām) |
| Locative | गृहे (gṛhe) | गृहयोः (gṛhayoḥ) | गृहेषु (gṛheṣu) |
Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0361