grihasth mc householder; ~ का कर्त्तव्य duty of a --; विवाह करके वह ~ हो गया he became a -- after marriage. [fem. गृहस्थिन]

grihasthī fu (a) household; छोटी सी ~ a small --; ~ की समस्याएँ -- problems. (b) household goods; ~ ढोकर ले जाना to carry --; हमारी ~ ही क्या है we have a few --. (c) family; अपनी ~ लेने गये हैं has gone to bring his --.

ghar-grihasthī fu household; family [see घर c, d]

chatur·tā, चतुराई chaturāī fu cleverness, tactfulness, skilfullness: काम (खेल, गृहस्थी, राजनिति) में ~ दिखाना to show -- in work (play, household, politics). ~ से tactfully, skillfully. [syn. होशियारी, चालाकी is less mild].

jugat fu [colloquial] (a) art, dexterity: ~ से गृहस्थी चलाना to run the house with --; (b) device: मुझे एक ~ सूझी I thought of a --; △ ~ भिड़ाना/लडाना to manipulate. [syn. युक्‍ित is more urbanized]