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From Sanskrit व्यापार (vyāpāra).
வியாபாரம் • (viyāpāram)
- action, operation
- function
- business, commerce, trade
- transaction
- University of Madras (1924–1936) “வியாபாரம்”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras [Chennai]: Diocesan Press