# व्यापार
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār) m (Urdu spelling وياپار)
* business, trade, commerce
    Synonyms: बनिज (banij), तिजारत (tijārat)
* activity
* profession

#### 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: /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
### 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: [bjäpär]
* Phonetic Devanagari: ब्यापार्
* IPA: [bepär]
* Phonetic Devanagari: वेप्āर्

### Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpār)
* business, trade, commerce
* activity
* profession

#### Derived terms

* व्यापारी (vyāpārī)

#### References

* “व्यापार”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, 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: /ʋjɑː.pɑː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ʋjɑːˈpɑː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

व्यापार • (vyāpāra) stem, m
* occupation, employment, business, profession, function
* doing, performance, action, operation, transaction, exertion, concern

#### Declension

* 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.