വ്യവഹാരം

Malayalam

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit व्यवहार (vyavahāra)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋjaʋahaːɾam/

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Noun

വ്യവഹാരം • (vyavahāraṁ)

1. law-suit, litigation, a cause, contest at law.
2. dealings, procedure, transaction
3. argument, reasoning.
4. civil administration of public affairs.
5. practice of the courts of civil and criminal law, judicial procedure, administrative justice as the examination of evidence, etc.
6. usage, custom, profession, business.
7. steadiness, propriety, adherence to law and custom.
8. title of jurisprudence, act cognizable in courts of justice.

References

• https://dict.sayahna.org/stv/77998/
• Bailey (1846) A dictionary of high and colloquial Malayalim and English