[bēpār], m. trade, business.
[◀MIA: Pa. vyāpāra- m. ʻoccupation, businessʼ ◀OIA *viyāpāra-; vyāpāra- m. ʻoccupation, businessʼ MBh. <vy-ā- √pr̥ ‘to be occupied or engaged in, be busy about’ <+③ví- ‘apart, away from, in different directions’ (♣Eng. with, wide ) <ā-√pr̥ ‘to employ one’s self , to be occupied’ <+②ā- ‘near to, towards’ (♣Eng. oakum) <√pr̥ ‘bring across, assist, save, protect’ ◀PIE *per-, perǝ- ‘to carry over, bring, come through; to penetrate; to cross (water); to go over, fare’] ♣[=PIE▶⋯▶Eng. fern, fare, ferry, ford ] ♣[=PIE▶⋯→Eng. port, portable, porter ]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0205; (Turner, 1966) 12205, p.473; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 654; (MW, 1899) 1038, 0143, 0645, ② 0126, ③ 0949; (Pokorny, 1959) 0816, ② 0280, ③ 1175; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.085, ② 1.157, ③ 2.549