bhut
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bhut
1775–85; < Hindi bhūt < Sanskrit bhūtā
Example Sentences
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The spiciness comes from the potent “ghost pepper”, cultivated in northeastern India, where it's known as bhut jolokia.
From BBC • Jul. 17, 2024
"As to the ways of a bhut not even the priest at my village of Gaum could say aught."
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Then Manuel’s answer: Kilf eineger Heiland! dru ich dich bitt: Dann hic ist gar kein Bleibens nit So mir der Tod mein red wird stellen So bhut euch Gott, mein liebe Gsellen.
From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis
Again she made a leaf cup, and having filled it with water was returning when the bhut again came, and destroyed her cup, and caused her to lose the water.
From Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A.
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