व्यापार

See also: व्यापारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑː.pɑːɾ/, [ʋjäː.päːɾ]

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār) m (Urdu spelling وياپار)

1. business, trade, commerce

   Synonyms: बनिज (banij), तिजारत (tijārat)

2. activity
3. profession

Declension

Declension of व्यापार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	व्यापार vyāpār	व्यापार vyāpār
oblique	व्यापार vyāpār	व्यापारों vyāpārõ
vocative	व्यापार vyāpār	व्यापारो vyāpāro

Derived terms

• व्यापार करना (vyāpār karnā)
• व्यापारी (vyāpārī)

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “व्यापार”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “व्यापार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 939

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bjäpär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ब्यापार्
• IPA^(key): [bepär]
• Phonetic Devanagari: वेप्āर्

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār)

1. business, trade, commerce
2. activity
3. profession

Derived terms

• व्यापारी (vyāpārī)

References

• “व्यापार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś)‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৱ্যাপাৰ (Assamese script)
• ᬯ᭄ᬬᬵᬧᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
• ব্যাপার (Bengali script)
• 𑰪𑰿𑰧𑰯𑰢𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀧𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• ဝျာပါရ (Burmese script)
• વ્યાપાર (Gujarati script)
• ਵ੍ਯਾਪਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌵𑍍𑌯𑌾𑌪𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
• ꦮꦾꦴꦥꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
• 𑂫𑂹𑂨𑂰𑂣𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
• ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ (Kannada script)
• វ្យាបារ (Khmer script)
• ວ຺ຍາປາຣ (Lao script)
• വ്യാപാര (Malayalam script)
• ᠸᠶᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢒᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘢𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
• ᠸᠶ᠋ᠠᢗᢒᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧊𑧠𑧇𑧑𑧂𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐰𑑂𑐫𑐵𑐥𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
• ଵ୍ଯାପାର (Odia script)
• ꢮ꣄ꢫꢵꢦꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆮𑇀𑆪𑆳𑆥𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
• 𑖪𑖿𑖧𑖯𑖢𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
• ව්‍යාපාර (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩾 𑪙𑩻𑩛𑩰𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚦𑚶𑚣𑚭𑚞𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
• வ்யாபார (Tamil script)
• వ్యాపార (Telugu script)
• วฺยาปาร (Thai script)
• ཝྱཱ་པཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
• 𑒫𑓂𑒨𑒰𑒣𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨭𑩇𑨪𑨊𑨞𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From व्यापृ (vyāpṛ, “to be occupied or engaged in; to be busy about (a location); to be employed (in any office)”); by surface analysis, वि- (vi-, “prefix of division”) +‎ आ- (ā-, “ad-”) +‎ पृ (pṛ, “to be busy or active”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑː.pɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑːˈpɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpāra) stem, m

1. occupation, employment, business, profession, function
2. doing, performance, action, operation, transaction, exertion, concern

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of व्यापार (vyāpāra)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	व्यापारः vyāpāraḥ	व्यापारौ / व्यापारा¹ vyāpārau / vyāpārā¹	व्यापाराः / व्यापारासः¹ vyāpārāḥ / vyāpārāsaḥ¹
Vocative	व्यापार vyāpāra	व्यापारौ / व्यापारा¹ vyāpārau / vyāpārā¹	व्यापाराः / व्यापारासः¹ vyāpārāḥ / vyāpārāsaḥ¹
Accusative	व्यापारम् vyāpāram	व्यापारौ / व्यापारा¹ vyāpārau / vyāpārā¹	व्यापारान् vyāpārān
Instrumental	व्यापारेण vyāpāreṇa	व्यापाराभ्याम् vyāpārābhyām	व्यापारैः / व्यापारेभिः¹ vyāpāraiḥ / vyāpārebhiḥ¹
Dative	व्यापाराय vyāpārāya	व्यापाराभ्याम् vyāpārābhyām	व्यापारेभ्यः vyāpārebhyaḥ
Ablative	व्यापारात् vyāpārāt	व्यापाराभ्याम् vyāpārābhyām	व्यापारेभ्यः vyāpārebhyaḥ
Genitive	व्यापारस्य vyāpārasya	व्यापारयोः vyāpārayoḥ	व्यापाराणाम् vyāpārāṇām
Locative	व्यापारे vyāpāre	व्यापारयोः vyāpārayoḥ	व्यापारेषु vyāpāreṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “व्यापार”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Monier Williams (1899) “व्यापार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1038, column 1.