Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Not as useful as the word for beer

The word for chillies across the world.
Afrikaans Brand rissie
Amharic
Mit'mita Berbere
Arabic Fulful ahmar
Assami
Jolokia
Bengali Morich
Brazilian (Portuguese)
Dedo de Moca, Pimento vermelho
Burmese Nga yut thee, Nil thee
Chinese
Chao tian jiao, Chang bing jiao
Croatian Paprika ljuta
Danish Spansk peber
Dutch Spaanse peper, Cayennepeper
English Cayenne pepper, Red pepper, Chillie
Finnish Chilipippuri
French Poivre rouge, Piment fort, Poivre de cayenne
German Cayen, Beissbeere Pfeffer, Chili pfeffer
Greek Piperies
Gujrati Mirchi
Hebrew Pilpelet hagina, Pilpel matok
Hindi Lal mirch, Achar
Hungarian Paprika
Indonesian Cabai
Italian Peperone, Peperoncino, Pimento
Japanese Togarashi
Kannada Manasina kayi
Laotian Mak phe kunsi
Macedonian Piperka
Malaysian Lada mira
Malayalam Mulagu
Marathi Mirchi
Mexican Cola de rata
Nahuatl Chilcozli, Chiltecpin
Nepalese Rato khursani
Peruvian Aji cereza
Polish Papryka
Portuguese Piri-piri, Pimento
Punjabi Lal-mircha
Romanian Ardei Iute
Russian Perec
Slovenian Sladka paprika
Spanish Pimenta de Cayena, Guindilla
Swahili Piri piri
Swedish Chilipeppar
Tagalog Sili berde
Tamil Mulagu
Telugu Mirapakaya
Thai Pisi hui
Turkish Biber
Urdu Lalmarach
Vietnamese Ot

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