cabai

Indonesian

cabai

Alternative forms

  • cabe (colloquial)
  • tjabai (superseded)
  • tjabe (colloquial, superseded)

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Javanese cabe, cabya, cawya, cawi (pepper), from Sanskrit चव्य, चवि (cavya, cavi, Piper chaba).

Pronunciation

  • (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabaj/, [ˈt͡ʃa.bai̯]
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /t͡ʃa.be/, /t͡ʃa.beʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ca‧bai

Noun

cabai (plural cabai-cabai, first-person possessive cabaiku, second-person possessive cabaimu, third-person possessive cabainya)

  1. a plant of the genus Capsicum.
  2. chili: the pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
  3. chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin.

Synonyms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese cabe, cabya, cawya, cawi (pepper), from Sanskrit चव्य, चवि (cavya, cavi, Piper chaba).

Noun

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  1. (dialect) chili: the pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
  2. (dialect) chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanical genus Capsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it contains capsaicin.

See also

Further reading

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