cabai

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Indonesian

cabai

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃabaj/,
  • (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.

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Further reading

Malay

Etymology

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

Noun

cabai (Jawi spelling چاباي, plural cabai-cabai, informal 1st possessive cabaiku, 2nd possessive cabaimu, 3rd possessive cabainya)

  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.

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