Re: ON TOPIC! The Hindi/Urdu word/phrase for 'the business' - vote request

["Roger Stenning \(G1LIW\)" <g1liw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ann -

> My vote is for #3, Vyapari.
> 
> This translation seems more 'corporate', somehow - has the connotation (to
> me) of a large, involved Corporation or Business, such as the Mafia.
> 
> 'Dukanvala' seems smaller, as in an individual or private unit, such as a
> shop or a division of the corporation.
> 
> Suggestion - have a number of individual Dukanvala (plural unknown) that go
> together to make up the Vyapari.  This way, the concern can be
> international.

I was thinking along similar lines, as it happens, but you've codified it nicely - thanks!

Now to see how everyone else votes, lol!

Best regards,

Roger Stenning
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