सुपारी

See also: से परे

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭 (*suppāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Third sense is from Marathi सुपारी (supārī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /sʊ.pɑː.ɾiː/, [sʊ.päː.ɾiː]

Noun

सुपारी • (supārī) f

1. betel nut, supari
2. (figuratively) glans penis
   • 2002, Satīśa Goyala, Sex Kishor Kishorion Ke Liye, Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 50:

     ... शिश्न की सुपारी पर एक दाना उभरता है जो कुछ समय बाद स्वयं ही बैठ जाता है।

     ... śiśna kī supārī par ek dānā ubhartā hai jo kuch samay bād svayã hī baiṭh jātā hai.

     ...a bump on the glans of penis springs up, which settles on its own after some time.

3. a contract put on someone to be killed by a hired assassin

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुपारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘢𑘰𑘨𑘲 (supārī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭 (*suppāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.pa.ɾi/, [su.pa.ɾiː]

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Noun

सुपारी • (supārī) f

1. supari, betel nut
2. advance payment to kill someone

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಸುಪಾರಿ (supāri)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सुपारी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 160.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सुपारी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 860
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सुपारी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 3130.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*suppāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 778