🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

परिवार का मुखिया

Pronunciation / Transliteration: parivaar ka mukhiya

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Head-of-the-Household/ˈhɛd əv ðə ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"वह परिवार का मुखिया है और सभी निर्णय लेता है।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The person who is recognized as the leader or primary decision-maker of a household.

    "As the head-of-the-household, she is responsible for managing the family's finances."
  2. 2

    A legal designation for the individual who claims the primary responsibility for a household in legal or financial contexts.

    "He was listed as the head-of-the-household on the tax forms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'head-of-the-household' is a compound noun that combines 'head', derived from Old English 'heafod', meaning 'chief or leader', and 'household', which comes from the Old English 'hus' meaning 'house' and 'haldan' meaning 'to hold'. The phrase has evolved to denote the primary decision-maker or provider in a family unit, reflecting social structures that have existed since medieval times.

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