आचार

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ʃɑːɾ/,

Borrowed from Sanskrit आचार (ācāra).

आचार • (ācār) m (Urdu spelling آچار)

1. conduct, behavior
2. custom, tradition
3. exchange

Borrowed from Classical Persian آچار (āčār).

आचार • (ācār) m (Urdu spelling آچار)

1. Alternative form of अचार (acār)

आ- (ā-) +‎ चार (cāra), the latter from the root चर् (car).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɑː.t͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈt͡ɕɑː.ɾɐ/

आचार • (ācāra) stem, m

1. conduct, manner of action, behaviour, good behaviour, good conduct
2. custom, practice, usage, traditional or immemorial usage (as the foundation of law)
   • c. 400 CE, Kālidāsa, Raghuvaṃśa 2.13:

     पृक्तस्तुषारैर्गिरिनिर्झराणमनोकहाकम्पितपुष्पगन्धी।
     तमातपक्लान्तमनातपत्रमाचारपूतं पवनो निषेवे

     pṛktastuṣārairgirinirjharāṇamanokahākampitapuṣpagandhī.
     tamātapaklāntamanātapatramācārapūtaṃ pavano niṣeve

     the sprays of mountain torrents melt with odorous flowers and the breeze sways the trees (lit. “the ones not quitting home”)
     and he (ie, Dilipa), although unumbrellaed and tired by the sun, is followed by pure customs

3. an established rule of conduct, ordinance, institute, precept
4. rule, line

• Assamese: আৱাৰ (awar)
• → Malay: acara
  • Indonesian: acara
• → Old Javanese: ācāra
  • Javanese: ꦲꦕꦫ (acara), ꦕꦫ (cara)
  • → Balinese: ᬆᬘᬵᬭ (acara), ᬘᬭ (cara)
  • >? Malay: cara
    • > Indonesian: cara (inherited)
    • > Peranakan Indonesian: tjara (inherited)

• Monier Williams (1899) “आचार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 131/3.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ācāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press