गृहपति

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গৃহপতি (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬺᬳᬧᬢᬶ (Balinese script)
• গৃহপতি (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰴𑰮𑰢𑰝𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀾𑀳𑀧𑀢𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• ဂၖဟပတိ (Burmese script)
• ગૃહપતિ (Gujarati script)
• ਗ੍ਰਹਪਤਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍃𑌹𑌪𑌤𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦽꦲꦥꦠꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑃂𑂯𑂣𑂞𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೃಹಪತಿ (Kannada script)
• គ្ឫហបតិ (Khmer script)
• ຄ຺ຣິຫປຕິ (Lao script)
• ഗൃഹപതി (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᡵᡳᡥᠠᢒᠠᢠᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘵𑘮𑘢𑘝𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠷᠢᠾᠠᢒᠠᢐᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧖𑧎𑧂𑦽𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐺𑐴𑐥𑐟𑐶 (Newa script)
• ଗୃହପତି (Odia script)
• ꢔꢺꢲꢦꢡꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆸𑆲𑆥𑆠𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖴𑖮𑖢𑖝𑖰 (Siddham script)
• ගෘහපති (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩙𑪂𑩰𑩫𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚩𑚞𑚙𑚮 (Takri script)
• க்³ரிஹபதி (Tamil script)
• గృహపతి (Telugu script)
• คฺฤหปติ (Thai script)
• གྲྀ་ཧ་པ་ཏི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒵𑒯𑒣𑒞𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨼𑨉𑨱𑨞𑨙𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

गृह (gṛha) +‎ पति (pati)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡr̩.ɦɐ́.pɐ.ti/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡr̩.ɦɐ.pɐ.t̪i/

Noun

गृहपति • (gṛhápati) stem, m

1. householder
2. head of household

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of गृहपति (gṛhápati)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गृहपतिः gṛhápatiḥ	गृहपती gṛhápatī	गृहपतयः gṛhápatayaḥ
Vocative	गृहपते gṛ́hapate	गृहपती gṛ́hapatī	गृहपतयः gṛ́hapatayaḥ
Accusative	गृहपतिम् gṛhápatim	गृहपती gṛhápatī	गृहपतीन् gṛhápatīn
Instrumental	गृहपतिना / गृहपत्या¹ gṛhápatinā / gṛhápatyā¹	गृहपतिभ्याम् gṛhápatibhyām	गृहपतिभिः gṛhápatibhiḥ
Dative	गृहपतये gṛhápataye	गृहपतिभ्याम् gṛhápatibhyām	गृहपतिभ्यः gṛhápatibhyaḥ
Ablative	गृहपतेः / गृहपत्यः¹ gṛhápateḥ / gṛhápatyaḥ¹	गृहपतिभ्याम् gṛhápatibhyām	गृहपतिभ्यः gṛhápatibhyaḥ
Genitive	गृहपतेः / गृहपत्यः¹ gṛhápateḥ / gṛhápatyaḥ¹	गृहपत्योः gṛhápatyoḥ	गृहपतीनाम् gṛhápatīnām
Locative	गृहपतौ / गृहपता¹ gṛhápatau / gṛhápatā¹	गृहपत्योः gṛhápatyoḥ	गृहपतिषु gṛhápatiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀺𑀳𑀯𑀇 (gihavaï), 𑀕𑀳𑀯𑀇 (gahavaï)
  • Helu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ގެވެހި (gevehi), ގެވަށި (gevaṣi)
    • Sinhalese: ගැහවියා (gæhawiyā), ගැහවි (gæhawi)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grhapati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 227