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"Ghost pepper" is a wrong translation of the term "bhut jolokia". Here "Bhut" means the "Bhutanese" (people of
Bhutan) and "jolokia" means "pepper". The pepper is call "bhut jolokia" because the Bhutanese were used to sell this pepper. The term "bhut" also means "ghost", so some people translate "bhut jolokia" as "ghost pepper".দিব্য দত্ত (
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19:48, 7 October 2016 (UTC)reply
I'll find a source and add it in, at least as an alternative name. I doubt putting it in etymology is appropriate, unless we want to include a separate etymology for that alternative name.
John2510 (
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13:36, 25 June 2019 (UTC)reply
This information used to be in the article and looks like it was removed in 2012. I have restored it, with one of the original sources. From my own original research I think the confusion is between
ভোট ('Bhutanese') and ভুত ('ghost'), but as I don't speak Assamese I am unable to locate a reliable source to deal directly with this issue in the original script.
Ibadibam (
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05:36, 23 July 2020 (UTC)reply
The current Merriam-Webster dictionary entry says this:
"borrowed from Assamese bhüt-zolokiya (in semi-phonetic transliteration; in Sanskritic transliteration bhōṭ-jalakīyā, phonetically bhʊt-zɔlɔkiya), from bhüt- (probably truncated from bhütiya "of Bhutan, Bhutanese," going back to Old Indo-Aryan *bhōṭṭīya "Tibetan") + zolokiya "pepper," of uncertain origin."
"NOTE: This form of the compound is recorded in the University of Gauhati's Candrakānta Abhidhānya (3rd edition, 1987), a comprehensive dictionary of Assamese with English glosses, as a variant (in quotation marks) of bih-zolokiya, literally, "poison pepper." However, the conventional translation as "ghost chili" or "ghost pepper" points to a variant (or misunderstanding?) bhut-zolokiya (in Sanskritic transliteration bhut-jalakīyā), with bhut "ghost, goblin, evil spirit" (corresponding to Sanskrit bhūtá "being, spirit, demon"). The forms bhüt /bhʊt/ and bhut /bhut/ differ only in the vowel, as the dental and retroflex stops have merged in Assamese."Martinevans123 (
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14:27, 6 January 2022 (UTC)reply
In many cultures spicy foods are enjoyed as antidotes to the heat. The hot chili causes you to sweat, which helps your body cool down. -
Ishtirak (
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03:08, 26 October 2020 (UTC)reply
Scoville scale
1,041,427 is very precise. I highly doubt all peppers are at that exact heat. It should either be a range, or an average. I'm assuming that is just an average, but if it is, it does nothing to specify that.
Alex of Canada (
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06:37, 10 July 2018 (UTC)reply
Dorset Naga?
I am unclear why the final section on the Dorset Naga chili is included in this entry on the ghost pepper. No connection to the subject of this entry is apparent.
Opus131 (
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23:23, 5 September 2019 (UTC)reply
tombstone?
many sources refer to the "tombstone" ghost pepper. is this a more formal name for the same thing? or a SUBSET, i.e. specific variety?
or just a BRAND NAME, even?
also, do the various skin colors affect anything? this article would suggest NO, but other articles say things like "red is hotter than yellow" etc.
From what I read in an informal web search I suppose it's a strain bred from the "ghost" pepper. Whether it's trademarked, or a registered cultivar, I have been unable to learn.
Ibadibam (
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19:27, 2 December 2020 (UTC)reply
Level 5 vital article?
How does this one variety of one species which has limited crop, medicinal, ornamental, or culinary value, qualify as a level 5 vital article in plants?
—valereee (
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21:02, 18 August 2021 (UTC)reply
I don't know what qualifies something as a level 5 vital article, but it's not the case that ghost pepper has limited crop or culinary value. There's a major market for ghost pepper in India, the US, and elsewhere; the largest hamburger chains in the US (McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys) all offer ghost pepper burgers; hot sauce is a $4.5 billion industry. -
Ishtirak (
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12:46, 12 October 2021 (UTC)reply
It's important to have good articles about other ingredients used in relatively tiny amounts by those companies: salt, black pepper, glucose, etc. I'm not suggesting that ghost pepper is as important as salt, just that I don't think that the amount consumed is the most salient feature. -
Ishtirak (
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16:01, 12 October 2021 (UTC)reply
The gallery seems very bloated with many photos. Are all of them needed? It could be one of each colour and a couple of the plant a leaves, this would still be many but would cut some.
Omni314 (
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18:50, 28 November 2023 (UTC)reply