házi

Házi is a Hungarian adjective meaning domestic, household, or home-based. It describes things related to the home or prepared at home, as opposed to items or activities that come from outside or are commercially produced. In everyday use, házi appears in a range of compounds and set phrases, such as házi feladat (homework), házi készítésű étel (homemade food), and háziállat (domestic animal or pet).

Etymology and usage notes: Házi derives from the noun ház, meaning house, with the adjectival suffix -i, forming a relational adjective roughly translating to “of the house” or “household.” It is related in sense to hazai, but the two are not interchangeable: hazai refers to what is domestic or native within a country (for example, hazai piac = domestic market), whereas házi refers to household or home-based origins.

Common compounds: In addition to the examples above, háziasszony (housewife) and házi kedvenc (household pet) illustrate typical usage. The adjective typically precedes the noun it modifies (házi feladat, háziállat), and is used across formal and informal contexts to distinguish home-made or home-related things from those produced commercially or externally.

See also: hazai.