chilli
/ˈtʃɪli/noun
उच्चारण चिली
मिर्च
Basic word
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the small green or red fruit of a type of pepper plant that is used in cooking to give a hot taste to food
मिर्च
- green chillies
- Add one chopped chilli to the curry.
- This pickle is too hot for me, it has a lot of chilli.
+ 2 more examples
- Red chillies were drying on the rooftop.
- He cannot eat food that has too much chilli.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
chilli (countable and uncountable)
Chilli is countable when it means the fruit (one green chilli, two chillies) and uncountable when it means the hot taste or powder (add a little chilli).
फल के अर्थ में 'chilli' गणनीय है (one green chilli, two chillies) और तीखे स्वाद या पाउडर के अर्थ में अगणनीय (add a little chilli)।
- Add two green chillies to the dal.
- Too much chilli can hurt your stomach.
plural: chillies
The plural is chillies, with ies. Chilli itself is the British spelling; chili is American.
बहुवचन chillies है। Chilli ब्रिटिश वर्तनी है; chili अमेरिकी वर्तनी है।
- The market sold red chillies by the kilo.
chilli + noun
Chilli is used before many nouns to name chilli-based foods: powder, sauce, flakes, pickle.
'Chilli' मिर्च से बनी चीज़ों के नाम बताने के लिए कई संज्ञाओं से पहले आता है: powder, sauce, flakes, pickle।
- Radhika bought a packet of chilli powder.
- He dipped the samosa in chilli sauce.
chilli as a flavour: add / remove / go easy on
Verbs like add, reduce and go easy on describe how much chilli goes into food.
add, reduce और go easy on जैसी क्रियाएँ बताती हैं कि भोजन में कितनी मिर्च डाली जाती है।
- Go easy on the chilli, please; the guests are children.
+Collocations 4
adjective + chilli
greenreddriedfreshhotmild
- Dried red chillies were hanging outside the farmhouse.
chilli + noun
powdersauceflakespicklepaste
- Chilli flakes are sprinkled on pizza.
verb + chilli
chopgrindfryaddremove the seeds of
- Chop the green chilli finely.
chilli + effect
burnstingmake your eyes watermake your tongue burn
- Biting a raw chilli made her eyes water.
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- My grandmother grows green chillies in pots on the balcony.
मेरी दादी बालकनी में गमलों में हरी मिर्च उगाती हैं।
- Guntur in Andhra Pradesh is famous for its red chillies.
आंध्र प्रदेश का गुंटूर अपनी लाल मिर्चों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।
- Do not rub your eyes after cutting chillies.
मिर्च काटने के बाद अपनी आँखें न मलें।
- Radhika likes her noodles with plenty of chilli.
राधिका को अपने नूडल्स में ढेर सारी मिर्च पसंद है।
- The cook ground the chillies with garlic to make a spicy paste.
रसोइये ने लहसुन के साथ मिर्चों को पीसकर तीखा मसाला बनाया।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I like chilly in my curry.
✓ I like chilli in my curry.
Chilli is the spice; chilly means rather cold.
'Chilli' मसाला है; 'chilly' का अर्थ कुछ ठंडा है।
✗ She bought three chilli from the market.
✓ She bought three chillies from the market.
The plural of chilli is chillies when it is the fruit.
फल के अर्थ में chilli का बहुवचन chillies होता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Chilli, chilly and chili sound or look alike but only some of them are interchangeable.
Chilli, chilly और chili देखने या सुनने में एक जैसे हैं, पर इनमें से केवल कुछ ही आपस में बदले जा सकते हैं।
The hot fruit and spice; British spelling.
तीखा फल और मसाला; ब्रिटिश वर्तनी।
- Add a chilli to the dal.
An adjective for weather that is rather cold.
कुछ ठंडे मौसम के लिए विशेषण।
- It is chilly in December.
A hot or mild spice from berries or a milder fruit such as the bell pepper.
बेरियों से बना तीखा या हल्का मसाला, या शिमला मिर्च जैसा कम तीखा फल।
- Black pepper is used in tea.
AaSpelling
chil·li
?Which word?
Homophones, asked often: chilli (a hot pepper), chilly (rather cold: 'a chilly morning') and Chile (a country in South America) are all pronounced /ˈtʃɪli/.
Homophones अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: chilli (तीखी मिर्च), chilly (काफ़ी ठंडा: 'a chilly morning') और Chile (दक्षिण अमेरिका का देश) सबकी pronunciation /ˈtʃɪli/ है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Bhut Jolokia (ghost pepper) from Assam and Nagaland was once the world's hottest chilli; Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) is a major chilli market; chillies came to India from the Americas through the Portuguese.
असम और नागालैंड की भूत जोलोकिया कभी दुनिया की सबसे तीखी मिर्च थी; गुंटूर (आंध्र प्रदेश) प्रमुख मिर्च मंडी है; मिर्च अमेरिका महाद्वीप से पुर्तगालियों के माध्यम से भारत आई।