सुपार

From सु- (su-, “good, easy”) +‎ पार (pāra, “crossing, bringing across; opposite side; end or limit, utmost limit, fullest extend”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /su.pɑː.ɾɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪uˈpɑː.ɾɐ/

सुपार • (supārá) stem

1. easy to be crossed or traversed
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.96.1:

     अस्मा उषास आतिरन्त याममिन्द्राय नक्तमूर्म्याः सुवाचः ।
     अस्मा आपो मातरः सप्त तस्थुर्नृभ्यस्तराय सिन्धवः सुपाराः ॥

     asmā uṣāsa ātiranta yāmamindrāya naktamūrmyāḥ suvācaḥ.
     asmā āpo mātaraḥ sapta tasthurnṛbhyastarāya sindhavaḥ supārāḥ.

     For him, the dawns prolonged their rising; for Indra, the nights uttered auspicious voices by night;
     for him, the waters, the seven water mothers, stood, easy to be crossed by men.

2. passing quickly (of rain)
3. leading to prosperity or success; leading away from distress
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.47.7:

     इन्द्र प्र णः पुरएतेव पश्य प्र नो नय प्रतरं वस्यो अच्छ ।
     भवा सुपारो अतिपारयो नो भवा सुनीतिरुत वामनीतिः ॥

     indra pra ṇaḥ puraeteva paśya pra no naya prataraṃ vasyo accha.
     bhavā supāro atipārayo no bhavā sunītiruta vāmanītiḥ.

     Look out for us, O Indra, as our Leader, and guide us on to gain yet goodlier treasure.
     Excellent Guardian, bear us well through peril, and lead us on to wealth with careful guidance.

• Monier Williams (1899) “सुपार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1228, column 1.