सुपारी
See also: से परे
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭 (*suppāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Third sense is from Marathi सुपारी (supārī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सुपारी • (supārī) f
- betel nut, supari
- (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.
- a contract put on someone to be killed by a hired assassin
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सुपारी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘢𑘰𑘨𑘲 (supārī), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭 (*suppāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
सुपारी • (supārī) f
Descendants edit
- → Kannada: ಸುಪಾರಿ (supāri)
Further reading edit
- 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