ghost pepper
ghost pepper · ghost peppers
Synonym of bhut jolokiaSynonym of bhut jolokia.
Meaning
1 sensesSynonym of bhut jolokia.
Origin
Calque of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). The first element ভোট (bCalque of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). The first element ভোট (bhüt, “Bhutanese”) was mistakenly confused for the near-homonym ভূত (bhut, “ghost”), thus producing the English (mis-)translation "ghost pepper".
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