FromMalaycabai, fromOld Javanesecabe,cabya,cawya,cawi(“pepper”), fromSanskritचव्य,चवि(cavya, cavi,“Piper chaba”).
cabaicabai (pluralcabai-cabai)
- a plant of the genusCapsicum
- chili: thepungent,spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties ofcapsicumpeppers, used in cooking
- chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanicalgenusCapsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it containscapsaicin
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cabai (pluralcabai-cabai)
- flowerpecker (any member of the familyDicaeidae ofpasserinebirds, many of which feed onnectar)
FromOld Javanesecabe,cabya,cawya,cawi(“pepper”), fromSanskritचव्य,चवि(cavya, cavi,“Piper chaba”).
cabai (Jawi spellingچاباي,pluralcabai-cabaiorcabai2)
- (dialect)chili: thepungent,spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties ofcapsicumpeppers, used in cooking.
- (dialect)chili pepper: any fruit of a plant of the botanicalgenusCapsicum, which has a spicy/burning flavour because it containscapsaicin.
