köken: From Middle High German gewürze, a collective of wurz (“wort, herb, root”), formed around the 14th century. Equivalent to ge- + Wurz. Compare Old High German giwurz f (“spice”) and English wort.
sampling of taste, gustation · condiment, seasoning, relish
köken: Inherited from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (cʾšnyk /čāšnīg/), whence also Old Georgian ჭაშნიგი (č̣ašnigi), Georgian ჭაშნიკი (č̣ašniḳi). Related to چشیدن (češidan, “to taste”), ultimately a suffixed form of Proto-Iranian *čaš- (“to taste”).
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit मरिच (marica) Sanskrit मरीच (marīca) Urdu مِرْچ (mirc)bor. Hindi मिर्च (mirc)bor. Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč)bor. Kazakh бұрыш From Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč), from Hindustani مِرْچ (mirc) / मिर्च (mirc), ultimately from Sanskrit मरिच (marica). Cognate with Bashkir борос (boros), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), Uzbek murch, Turkmen burç (“pepper”).
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit मरिच (marica) Sanskrit मरीच (marīca) Urdu مِرْچ (mirc)bor. Hindi मिर्च (mirc)bor. Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč)bor. Chagatai مرچ (mrč /murč/) Uzbek murch Inherited from Chagatai مرچ (mrč /murč/), from Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč), from Hindustani.
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit मरिच (marica) Sanskrit मरीच (marīca) Urdu مِرْچ (mirc)bor. Hindi मिर्च (mirc)bor. Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč)bor. Kyrgyz мурч Borrowed from Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč), from Hindustani. Cognate with Bashkir борос (boros), Kazakh бұрыш (būryş), Uzbek murch, Turkmen burç (“pepper”).
köken: Etymology tree Sanskrit मरिच (marica) Sanskrit मरीच (marīca) Urdu مِرْچ (mirc)bor. Hindi मिर्च (mirc)bor. Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč)bor. Bashkir борос Borrowed from Classical Persian مُرْچ (murč), from Hindustani. Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (murč, “Piper nigrum”); Kazakh бұрыш (būryş), Kyrgyz мурч (murc), Uzbek murch, Turkmen burç (“pepper”).
köken: Inherited from Proto-Turkic *burč (“pepper”), itself ultimately borrowed from Middle Persian [Term?] (cf. Persian مرچ (murč)). Cognate with Turkmen burç, Bashkir борос (boros) and Uzbek murch.
The chili pepper, often specifically the Korean chili pepper, a variety of Capsicum annuum. · willy, wee-wee, penis
köken: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 고쵸〮 (Yale: kwòchyó). Its original meaning was “black pepper”. Two hypotheses exist regarding its origin: # From Japanese 胡椒(こしょう) (koshō), in turn from Chinese 胡椒 [Sino-Korean reading 호초 (hocho)]. # From 고초(苦草) (gocho, “bitter vegetable”), acquiring its current meaning after the introduction of chili peppers…
pepper (any plant of the genus Piper) · black pepper, pepper (Piper nigrum) · black pepper, pepper, peppercorns (dried, unripe berries of the Piper nigrum plant which are commonly used as a spice and seasoning)