सुपारी

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀭 (*suppāra)

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

सुपारी • (supārī) f

1. betel nut(Areca catechu)
2. (slang) glans penis

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

• IPA^(key): /su.pa.ɾi/, [su.pa.ɾiː]

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सुपारी • (supārī) f

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

• → Kannada: ಸುಪಾರಿ (supāri)

• 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