आचार

From Sanskrit आचार (ācāra).

आचार • (ācār) m (Urdu spelling آچار‎)

1. conduct
2. custom
3. behavior

Borrowed from Persian آچار‎ (âčâr).

• अचार (acār)

आचार • (ācār) m (Urdu spelling آچار‎)

1. (rare) achar (pickle)

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

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

आचार • (ācāra) 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

• आचारी (ācārī, “conduct, manner, action”)
• आचार्य (ācārya, “teacher”)
• आचारभेद (ācārabheda, “breaking the rules of traditional usage”)
• आचारभ्रष्ट (ācārabhraṣṭa, “out of fashion, fallen from custom”)

• Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 131
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ācāra (48)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press