O' Komol:
Buisa, bhut laagile mukhot jui nojole'.
You get incurable diseases that daaktors can't cure or you lose your
mind that even Tilok daaktor can't retrieve. A Taabij or two from the
right 'bez' could be the only answer.
So you are really pushing it on attempting to find some
rationalization for 'bhut' in lieu of 'bhwt' for bih or
kordoi-xiria jolokiya's nomenclature.
But like you, I too am curious about 'bhwt's' etymology.
Hope we will get some answers that will quench this burning curiosity.
Iti twmar:
so-ko
At 5:50 PM -0500 6/30/07, kamal deka wrote:
The following letter got published in today's edition of The
Sentinel.Any comments?
KJD
Of Asomiya Chilli Pepper
It is said that chilli pepper is not indigenous to India. Although
domesticated in Mexico in 7000 BC and introduced to India by the
Portuguese only about 400 years ago, an Asomiya chilli pepper is the
new champion in the world of heat. The ultra-hot bih jolokia or bhut
jolokia of Asom has recently made headlines for its deadliest punch,
and the Guinness World Records Ltd has certified them as the hottest
of all species, displacing Red Savina of California. The bhut
jolokia is now officially the world's hottest pepper, rated at an
inferno of 1,001,304 Scioville heat units, which are used to rate
the pungency level of pepper. In fact, these blistering hot Asomiya
chillies have recently figured in the prestigious Time magazine for
being the world's hottest chillies.
I am nonplussed by the multitude of names of this pepper, used by
the local people differently at different places. They bear monikers
such as bhut jolokia, bih jolokia, borbih jolokia, Naga jolokia and
kordoi-siria jolokia. Moreover, bhut jolokia is also spelt as bhwt
or bhot jolokia. What is the deal with these different names that
one can read in print and on the Internet these days for supposedly
the very same chilli variety? Are these chillies the same but named
differently at different places? Are the names bhut jolokia and bhot
jolokia interchangeable?
It is possible that bhut jolokia is so named owing to its ghostly
bite or introduction by the Bhutias from Bhutan. Can any reader of
your esteemed daily enlighten us as to why bhut jolokia is also
known as bhwt or bhot jolokia? A few members of the Asomiya diaspora
here in the US are of the opinion that the moniker ''bhot'' stemmed
from an Asomiya tribe and find the name bhut jolokia very derogatory.
It will not be out of order to mention here that if one happens to
bite into a particular hot specimen, he or she should not gulp a
glass of water to douse the fire - it will make matters worse as the
capsaicin oil in the chillies and water do not mix. Yogurt or milk
will give one the needed relief.
Kamaljit Deka,
Sugarland, Texas.
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