The lexical variants presented in the note below are arranged according to their frequency of occurrence in the survey data-from most frequent to least frequent.

The vegetable ‘bell pepper’ is referred to by various names in different parts of Maharashtra: šimla mirči, ḍʰəbbu mirči, ḍʰobḷi mirči, bʰopḷa mirči, pʰopʰeri mirči, bʰoṅɡi mirči poṅɡli mirči, čəpaṭa mirči, sərkari mirči, mʰatari mirči, ḍəɡər mirči, ṭəpori mirči, bʰeṇḍi mirči,etc. Words such as ḍʰəbbu, ḍʰobḷi, bʰopḷa, moṭʰi, ǰaḍi, ṭəpori refer to the shape of the bell pepper wheresas the words šimla mirči, wilayəti mirči, bəmbəiči mirči, bəṅɡali mirči, kəšmiri mirči refer to regions. Apart from this, more words were elicted for the vegetable ‘bell pepper’. Let’s look at them in detail.

The word šimla mirči was reported all over Maharashtra. It was mainly reported in Vidarbha and north Maharashtra. It was reported infrequently in Konkan and Marathwada regions whereas it was reported rarely in western Maharashtra. Phonetic variations of this word include šimla, simla, šimli, simli, čimla, čimli, čʰimla, šipla, šəmla, šimɡa, šila, etc.

The word ḍʰəbbu mirči was widely reported in Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, and Latur districts. It was also observed in Chandrapur, Wardha, Parbhani, Nanded, Aurangabad, Dhule, Nandurbar, and Pune districts. Phonetic variations of this word include ḍʰəbu, ḍʰəbʰu, ḍʰəbbi, ḍʰəbi, ḍʰebu, ḍʰəbbuna, ḍəbbu, ḍəbu, etc.

The word ḍʰobḷi mirči was reported everywhere in Maharashtra except Kolhapur, Sangli, Gondiya, and Gadchiroli districts. This word was widely reported in Pune, Palghar, Nashik, Beed, Ahmednagar, and Aurangabad districts. However, it was reported infrequently in remaining western Maharashtra and northern Maharashtra whereas it was reported rarely in remaining Marathwada and Vidarbha region. A large number of phonetic variations were observed for this word: ḍʰobḷi, ḍʰəbuḷi, ḍʰəbuli, ḍʰabuḷi, ḍʰəbḷi ḍʰabḷi, ḍʰaboḷi, ḍʰəmbri, ḍʰaṅɡḍi, ḍʰobri, ḍʰobḍi, ḍʰombri, ḍʰemri, ḍʰobri, ḍʰomši, ḍʰombri, ḍʰabori, ḍʰomḷa, ḍʰobḍi, ḍʰobla, ḍʰobo, ḍʰobḷəǰa, ḍʰopli, ḍʰopla, ḍʰebḷi, ḍʰebiy, ḍʰowḷi, ḍʰobi, ḍʰəburli, ḍʰobʰḷi, ḍʰopḷi, ḍʰopḷa, ḍʰolḷa, ḍʰolḷi, ḍobli, ḍəboḷi, ḍəbri, etc. The word dʰobri mirči was reported by respondents of the Mahadev koli community of Raigad district.

The word bʰopḷa mirči was reported widely in Konkan region. It was reported rarely in Satara, Gadchiroli, Bhandara, Nagpur, Yavatmal, Amravati, Nandurbar, Dhule, Nashik districts, etc. Phonetic variations of this word include bʰopḷa, bʰopḷi, bʰopli, bʰopla, bʰopḍa, bʰoplo, bʰobḍi, bʰobri, bʰopa, bʰobra, bʰobḷi, bʰobʰi, bʰimri, bobri, bʰopi, bʰobi, bobḍi, bʰopḷo, bʰopḷyo, bohopḷi, etc.

The word pʰopʰeri/poperi mirči was widely reported in Raigad, Thane, and Palghar districts. It was reported infrequently in Jalgaon district and it was also observed in Dhule and Nandurbar districts. Phonetic variations of this word include pʰokli, pʰok, pʰoɡi, pʰuɡi, pʰuɡa, pʰuɡli, pʰopʰe, pʰopʰ, pʰupʰya, pʰapʰḍa. pʰopʰi, pʰapḍa, popoeri, popri, poplya, popli, popela, etc.

The word moṭʰi mirči was reported infrequently in Solapur, Palghar, and Latur districts. It was reported rarely in Satara, Parbhani, Buldhana, Yavatmal, Amravati, Nagpur, Aurangabad, and Nanded districts. Phonetic variations of this word include moṭa, moṭʰṭʰi, moṭʰa, moṭi, moṭṭi, etc. The word waṅɡi mirči was observed infrequently in Nashik, Aurangabad, and Ratnagiri districts. Phonetic variations of this word include waṅɡi, waṅɡ, waṅɡpʰoḍ, etc.

The word jaḍi mirči was reported infrequently in Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar, and Nashik districts. Phonetic variations of this word include ǰaḍi, jaḷi, jʰaḍi etc.

The word bʰoṅɡi mirči was observed in Solapur, Satara, Sangli, and Kolhapur districts. Phonetic variations of this word include bʰoṅɡi, bʰuṅɡi, bʰoṅɡa, boṅɡi, buṅɡi, boṇḍgam, bʰoɡa, etc. The word Poṅɡli mirči was reported infrequently in Akola, Amravati and Buldhana districts.Phonetic variations of this word include poṅɡla, poṅɡlu, poṅɡḍi, etc. The word bʰaǰiči mirči was reported in Nashik, Jalna, Nanded, and Raigad districts. It is known as bʰaǰiči mirči because bell pepper is used as a vegetable.

In addition to this, some more words were reported infrequently: The word čəpaṭa mirči was observed in the Tadvi community of Aurangabad district; it was also observed in the Maratha and Buddhist communities of Jalgoan district. In addition, the word čapa mirči was reported in Buldhana district. The word sərkari mirči was reported by respondents of the Mannerwarlu and Maratha communities in Nanded district and Dhivar community in Chandrapur district.

The word mʰatari mirči was observed in the Mahadev koli community of Raigad district.

The word ḍəɡər mirči was received in the Gond community of Gadchiroli district. The word ṭəpori mirči was reported in Dhule district. The words ṭobri mirči and ṭʰombri mirči were reported in Amravati district whereas the word ṭomani mirči was reported in Aurangabad district. The word činʰa mirč was observed in a Muslim community of Ratnagiri district whereas the word čiṇɡa mirči was observed in the Dongar koli community of Raigad district.

The word bʰeṇḍi mirči was observed in the Bhil community of Jalgaon district whereas the word bʰeṇḍ mirči was observed in the Kasar community of Dhule district. The word rəsɡulla mirči was found in Aurangabad, Dhule, and jalgaon districts among members of the Bhil, Rajput and Koli communities. The words rəsɡulla, rəǰɡulla, and rəḍɡulla were reported as its phonetic variants. The phonetic variant rəǰɡulla mirči was reported by respondents of the Matang community in Nandurbar district.

The word kæpsikəm was observed in the Christian community of Sindhudurg district. The word wilayəti mirči was received in Chandrapur district. The words bəmbəiči mirči and bəṅɡali mirči were observed in the Wadar community of Jalana district and the Bhil community of Aurangabad district respectively. In addition, the word kəšmiri mirči was observed in the Balai community of Amravati district.

The word dʰaṅɡḍi mirči was reported in the Andh community of Hingoli district. The words kakḍi mirči and jʷala mirči were reported in Aurangabad district.

The word kusriki was observed in the Rajgond community of Amravati district. The word kajumiri was observed in the Samvedi Brahmin community of Palghar district. The words hirwa mirči and hirwi mirči were reported in Buldhana and Raigad districts respectively.