grih I. mc [uncommon as an isolate, used in compounded Sanskrit words] (a) home; ~ मंत्री -- minister; ~ मंत्रालय ministry of -- affairs; ~ सचिव -- secretary; ~ विज्ञान -- science. (b) house; ~ पति master of the --; ~ स्वामिनी -- mistress; ~ संपत्ति -- property. Also note स्नान- ~ bath room, जलपानगृह restaurant, विश्राम- ~ rest-house. II. a [attributive] household, domestic;

jal-pān mu (light) refreshment: आप ~ कर लें you have your --; अब ~ करा दें let me/us have -- now. ~ -गृह refreshment room; ~ -गृह में चाय पियेंगे (we) shall take tea in the refreshment room. [syn. नाश्ता]