ớt

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ot"

Vietnamese

Various peppers and chillies by their geographical locations

Piper cubeba, from Köhler's Medicinal Plants (1887). Probably the original referent of ớt

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔəːt.

Pigneau de Béhaine's Dictionarium anamitico-latinum (1772 manuscript) glosses ớt as pimentum [1], a Neo-Latin derivation from French piment (“‘spice’ → ‘chilli pepper’”).

Phạm Đình Hổ's 1827 dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談 "Common Words Used Daily") glosses ớt 乙 as 蓽䔲茄 (SV: tất đăng gia; "tailed pepper, cubeb, Piper cubeba") [2], also called tiêu thất in Vietnamese; so that plant was probably ớt’s original referent before the introduction of chilli pepper from the Americas.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔəːt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔəːk̚˦˧˥]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔəːk̚˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây, quả, trái) ớt • (艺, 𣜶, 乙, 𱾨)

1. (obsolete) tailed pepper, cubeb (Piper cubeba)
   • Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 (Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys), 50a

     艺𱜢𱺵艺𫽄𨐮
     𡛔𱜢𱺵𡛔𫽄𫨩悭𫯳

     Ớt nào là ớt chẳng cay?
     Gái nào là gái chẳng hay ghen chồng?

     Which tailed pepper (berry) / cubeb (berry) is not spicy?
     Which wife is not often possessive of her husband?

2. chili pepper
3. (by extension) capsicum

Descendants

• → Tai Dam: ꪹꪮꪒ

See also

• nhăn như khỉ ăn ớt
• ớt bột
• ớt chuông
• ớt hiểm
• ớt kiểng
• ớt ngọt
• ớt xanh
• tiêu ớt
• tương ớt

Anagrams

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