ghost pepper

== English == === Alternative forms === ghost chili ghost chili pepper === Etymology === Calque 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". === Noun === ghost pepper (plural ghost peppers) Synonym of bhut jolokia. === References ===