The Sanskrit terms Dēśācāra and Deśācāra can be transliterated into English as Desacara or Deshacara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Deshachara.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

dēśācāra (देशाचार).—m (S) The customs and manners of a country or region; local usage or practice.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

dēśācāra (देशाचार).—m The customs and manners of a country.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Deśācāra (देशाचार).—a local law or custom, the usage or custom of any country; देश- धर्मान् जातिधर्मान् कुलधर्मांश्च शाश्वतान् (deśa- dharmān jātidharmān kuladharmāṃśca śāśvatān) Manusmṛti 1.118.

Derivable forms: deśācāraḥ (देशाचारः).

Deśācāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deśa and ācāra (आचार). See also (synonyms): deśadharma.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deśācāra (देशाचार):—[from deśa] m. local usage or custom, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

[Sanskrit to German]

Deshacara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Deśācāra (देशाचार) [Also spelled deshachar]:—(nm) native custom/practice/usage.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Dēśācāra (ದೇಶಾಚಾರ):—[noun] a custom or convention that is particular to a country or region.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Desha, Acara, Teca.

Full-text: Tecacaram, Deshachar, Deshadharma, Acara.

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