Etymology

ghost chili pepper

Today it means: Synonym of bhut jolokia. Full definition →

as ভূত-জলকীয়া
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The story

  1. as · derived fromভোট-জলকীয়া“Bhutanese chili”
  2. as · calque ofভূত-জলকীয়া“Ghost chili”
  3. English todayghost chili pepper

From ghost + chili pepper. Calque of Assamese ভূত-জলকীয়া (bhut-zolokia, “Ghost chili”), based on a misunderstanding of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”).

Words from the same roots

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bhut jolokiaghost chilighost pepper

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.