ദേശാചാരം

Malayalam

Etymology

From Sanskrit देश (deśa, “point, region, spot, place, part, portion; province, country, kingdom”) + आचार (ācāra, “custom, practice, usage, traditional or immemorial usage”). Cognates include Telugu దేశాచారము (dēśācāramu)

Noun

ദേശാചാരം (dēśācāraṃ)

  1. local customs, the customs of a country

References
  • Gundert, Hermann (1872), “ദേശാചാരം”, in A Malayalam and English dictionary, Mangalore, London: C. Stolz; Trübner & Co.
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