different between chilli vs turmeric

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t???li/

Noun

chilli (plural chillis or chillies)

1. Alternative form of chili

Translations

Central Nahuatl

Noun

chilli

1. chili pepper.

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t??í?l?i]

Noun

chilli inan (plural chilli)

1. (it is) a chili pepper
   • 1555: Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 30r.

     A xi pimienta dela tierra.  chilli.

     A chili, a pepper from the land. chilli.

   • 1571: Idem, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 17v. col. 2.

     Axi o pimienta de?ta tierra. chilli.

     Chili, or pepper from this land. chilli.

   • Idem, f. 21r. col. 1.

     Chilli. axi. o pimienta de las indias.

     Chilli. a chili, or pepper from the Indies.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Spanish: chile
  • English: chili

References

• Alonso de Molina (2008) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana (1571), Editorial Porrúa, pages 30, 17

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ch?lli

Noun

chilli

1. chili pepper.

Derived terms

• xochilli
• cilchilli
• chilcaxitl

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??i.l?i/

Noun

chilli n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative spelling of chili.

Further reading

• chilli in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• chilli in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

From Middle English turmeryte, tarmaret, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old French terre mérite (“deserving earth”). According to Klein, possibly corrupted from Arabic ???????? (kurkum, “Curcuma”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?t??.m??.?k/, [?t??.m?.?k], (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tu?.m?.??k/, [?t?u.m?.?k]
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t??.m(?).??k/, (nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) /?tju?.m(?).??k/, /?t?u?.m(?).??k/

Noun

turmeric (countable and uncountable, plural turmerics)

1. (botany) An Indian plant, Curcuma longa, with aromatic rhizomes, part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).
2. (cooking) The pulverized rhizome of the turmeric plant, used for flavoring and to add a bright yellow color to food.

   Synonym: haldi

3. A yellow to reddish-brown dye extracted from the turmeric plant.

   Synonym: E100

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• curcumin
• golden
• kunyit
• haldi

References

• “termerite, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-25.
• Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Further reading

• turmeric at OneLook Dictionary Search
• turmeric on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Curcuma longa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies