व्यापार

See also: व्यापारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār) m (Urdu spelling وياپار)

business, trade, commerce
Synonyms: बनिज (banij), तिजारत (tijārat)
activity
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

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra), through Old Marathi 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘢𑘰𑘨 (vyāpāra).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋja.paɾ/

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār) m

business, trade
Synonyms: व्यवसाय (vyavsāy), धंदा (dhandā)
any work, activity or action (of an economic sense) in general
(board games) Monopoly

Declension

Declension of व्यापार (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	व्यापार vyāpār
direct plural	व्यापार vyāpār
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	व्यापार vyāpār	व्यापार vyāpār
oblique सामान्यरूप	व्यापारा vyāpārā	व्यापारां- vyāpārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	व्यापाराला vyāpārālā	व्यापारांना vyāpārānnā
ergative	व्यापाराने, व्यापारानं vyāpārāne, vyāpārāna	व्यापारांनी vyāpārānnī
instrumental	व्यापाराशी vyāpārāśī	व्यापारांशी vyāpārānśī
locative सप्तमी	व्यापारात vyāpārāt	व्यापारांत vyāpārāt
vocative संबोधन	व्यापारा vyāpārā	व्यापारांनो vyāpārānno
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 व्यापार (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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	व्यापाराचा vyāpārāċā	व्यापाराचे vyāpārāċe	व्यापाराची vyāpārācī	व्यापाराच्या vyāpārācā	व्यापाराचे, व्यापाराचं vyāpārāċe, vyāpārāċa	व्यापाराची vyāpārācī	व्यापाराच्या vyāpārācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	व्यापारांचा vyāpārānċā	व्यापारांचे vyāpārānċe	व्यापारांची vyāpārāñcī	व्यापारांच्या vyāpārāncā	व्यापारांचे, व्यापारांचं vyāpārānċe, vyāpārānċa	व्यापारांची vyāpārāñcī	व्यापारांच्या vyāpārāñcā
^* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “व्यापार”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “व्यापार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār)

Derived terms

व्यापारी (vyāpārī)

References

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

Sanskrit

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 Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ʋjɑː.pɑː.ɾɐ/

Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpāra) stem, m

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

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of व्यापार
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	व्यापारः (vyāpāraḥ)	व्यापारौ (vyāpārau) व्यापारा¹ (vyāpārā¹)	व्यापाराः (vyāpārāḥ) व्यापारासः¹ (vyāpārāsaḥ¹)
accusative	व्यापारम् (vyāpāram)	व्यापारौ (vyāpārau) व्यापारा¹ (vyāpārā¹)	व्यापारान् (vyāpārān)
instrumental	व्यापारेण (vyāpāreṇa)	व्यापाराभ्याम् (vyāpārābhyām)	व्यापारैः (vyāpāraiḥ) व्यापारेभिः¹ (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)
vocative	व्यापार (vyāpāra)	व्यापारौ (vyāpārau) व्यापारा¹ (vyāpārā¹)	व्यापाराः (vyāpārāḥ) व्यापारासः¹ (vyāpārāsaḥ¹)

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.