व्यवहार

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्यवहार (vyavahāra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋjəʋ.ɦɑːɾ/, [ʋjɐʋ.ɦäːɾ]

Noun

व्यवहार • (vyavhārm (Urdu spelling ويوہار)

  1. behavior, treatment
    हमें उनके संतोषजनक व्यवहार के बारे में कोई उलहना नहीं है।
    hamẽ unke santoṣajnak vyavhār ke bāre mẽ koī ulahnā nahī̃ hai.
    We have no complaint about their satisfactory behavior.
    सेवकों और बच्चों से अच्छा व्यवहार करना चाहिए।
    sevkõ aur baccõ se acchā vyavhār karnā cāhie.
    Servants and children should be treated well.
  2. dealings
    हमारा उनसे किसी तरह का व्यवहार नहीं है।
    hamārā unse kisī tarah kā vyavhār nahī̃ hai.
    We have no dealings of any kind with them.
  3. usage
    यदि तुम इतना बुद्धिमान हो, तो अपनी बुद्धि को व्यवहार में लाओ!
    yadi tum itnā buddhimān ho, to apnī buddhi ko vyavhār mẽ lāo!
    If you are so smart, put your intelligence to use!

Declension

Declension of व्यवहार (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct व्यवहार
vyavhār
व्यवहार
vyavhār
oblique व्यवहार
vyavhār
व्यवहारों
vyavhārõ
vocative व्यवहार
vyavhār
व्यवहारो
vyavhāro

Synonyms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit व्यवहार (vyavahāra).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋjə.ʋʱaɾ/

Noun

व्यवहार • (vyavhārm

  1. practical life
  2. dealing, trade, commerce

Declension

Declension of व्यवहार (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
व्यवहार
vyavhār
direct
plural
व्यवहार
vyavhār
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
व्यवहार
vyavhār
व्यवहार
vyavhār
oblique
सामान्यरूप
व्यवहारा
vyavhārā
व्यवहारां-
vyavhārān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
व्यवहाराला
vyavhārālā
व्यवहारांना
vyavhārānnā
ergative व्यवहाराने, व्यवहारानं
vyavhārāne, vyavhārāna
व्यवहारांनी
vyavhārānnī
instrumental व्यवहाराशी
vyavhārāśī
व्यवहारांशी
vyavhārānśī
locative
सप्तमी
व्यवहारात
vyavhārāt
व्यवहारांत
vyavhārāt
vocative
संबोधन
व्यवहारा
vyavhārā
व्यवहारांनो
vyavhārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of व्यवहार (masc cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
व्यवहाराचा
vyavhārāċā
व्यवहाराचे
vyavhārāċe
व्यवहाराची
vyavhārācī
व्यवहाराच्या
vyavhārācā
व्यवहाराचे, व्यवहाराचं
vyavhārāċe, vyavhārāċa
व्यवहाराची
vyavhārācī
व्यवहाराच्या
vyavhārācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
व्यवहारांचा
vyavhārānċā
व्यवहारांचे
vyavhārānċe
व्यवहारांची
vyavhārāñcī
व्यवहारांच्या
vyavhārāncā
व्यवहारांचे, व्यवहारांचं
vyavhārānċe, vyavhārānċa
व्यवहारांची
vyavhārāñcī
व्यवहारांच्या
vyavhārāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “व्यवहार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “व्यवहार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “व्यवहार”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “व्यवहार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From वि- (vi-) +‎ -अव- (-ava-) +‎ √हृ (√hṛ, to take; to carry, root) +‎ -अ (-a, nominalization suffix) with vṛddhi of the root.

Pronunciation

Noun

व्यवहार • (vyavahāra) stemm

  1. doing; conduct; behaviour
  2. dealing; business; trade; transaction
  3. custom; common or established practice; wont
    • c. 150 CE – 250 CE, Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā 24.10:
      व्यवहारम् अनाश्रित्य परमार्थो न देश्यते ।
      vyavahāram anāśritya paramārtho na deśyate.
      Having no recourse to common practice, the highest truth cannot be made clear.
  4. affair; matter
  5. usage (of an expression)
    तैर् एव व्यवहारःtair eva vyavahāraḥ"just about these is the question"; "the discussion is all about these"
  6. legal procedure; litigation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of व्यवहार
singular dual plural
nominative व्यवहारः (vyavahāraḥ) व्यवहारौ (vyavahārau)
व्यवहारा¹ (vyavahārā¹)
व्यवहाराः (vyavahārāḥ)
व्यवहारासः¹ (vyavahārāsaḥ¹)
accusative व्यवहारम् (vyavahāram) व्यवहारौ (vyavahārau)
व्यवहारा¹ (vyavahārā¹)
व्यवहारान् (vyavahārān)
instrumental व्यवहारेण (vyavahāreṇa) व्यवहाराभ्याम् (vyavahārābhyām) व्यवहारैः (vyavahāraiḥ)
व्यवहारेभिः¹ (vyavahārebhiḥ¹)
dative व्यवहाराय (vyavahārāya) व्यवहाराभ्याम् (vyavahārābhyām) व्यवहारेभ्यः (vyavahārebhyaḥ)
ablative व्यवहारात् (vyavahārāt) व्यवहाराभ्याम् (vyavahārābhyām) व्यवहारेभ्यः (vyavahārebhyaḥ)
genitive व्यवहारस्य (vyavahārasya) व्यवहारयोः (vyavahārayoḥ) व्यवहाराणाम् (vyavahārāṇām)
locative व्यवहारे (vyavahāre) व्यवहारयोः (vyavahārayoḥ) व्यवहारेषु (vyavahāreṣu)
vocative व्यवहार (vyavahāra) व्यवहारौ (vyavahārau)
व्यवहारा¹ (vyavahārā¹)
व्यवहाराः (vyavahārāḥ)
व्यवहारासः¹ (vyavahārāsaḥ¹)
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Hindi: व्यवहार (vyavhār) (learned)
  • Tamil: விவகாரம் (vivakāram)

References