ghee

See also: Ghee

English

ghee.

Alternative forms

• ghi

Etymology

From Hindi घी (ghī) / Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”). Attested in English since the late 17th century.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gē, IPA^(key): /ɡiː/
• IPA^(key): [ɡʱiː]
• Homophone: gi
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)

1. A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee.
   • 1845, T.A. Wise, Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine‎^[1], page 140:

     Of the medicines for relaxing the body; ghee, oil, charbi, marrow, and such are to be used; of these ghee is the best, as it is produced from milk, which is obtained from the cow.

2. (South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking.
   • 1973, Madhur Jaffrey, An Invitation to Indian Cooking:

     There are two kinds of ghee. Usli ghee or clarified butter is used rarely, partly because of its expense and partly because Indians consider it "heavy". The more commonly used ghee is a mixture of various vegetable oils.

Translations

South Asian style clarified butter

• Arabic: سَمْن m (samn)

  Egyptian Arabic: سمنة m (sámna)

  Moroccan Arabic: سمن m (smen)

• Assamese: ঘিঁউ (ghĩu), ঘিউ (ghiu)
• Bengali: ঘি (ghi)
• Bhojpuri: घीव (ghīv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 酥油 (zh) (sūyóu)

• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ghi (fi)
• French: ghî (fr) m, ghee (fr) m
• Georgian: ერბო (erbo)
• German: Ghee (de) n
• Gujarati: ઘી n (ghī)
• Halegannada: ತುಪ್ಪ (tuppa)
• Hebrew: גהי
• Hindi: घी (hi) m (ghī)
• Japanese: ギー (gī)
• Kannada: ತುಪ್ಪ (kn) (tuppa)
• Konkani: तूप (tūp)
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• Maharastri Prakrit:
• Maithili: घी (ghī)
• Malay: minyak sapi
• Malayalam: നെയ്യ് (ml) (neyyŭ)
• Marathi: घी (ghī), तूप (tūp)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Nepali: घिउ (ne) (ghiu), घ्यू (ne) (ghyū)
• Portuguese: ghee m
• Punjabi: ਘਿਉ m (ghiu)
• Russian: топлёное ма́сло n (topljónoje máslo), гхи (ru) n (gxi)
• Sanskrit: घृत (sa) n (ghṛta)
• Sinhalese: ගිතෙල් (gitel)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swahili: samli (sw)
• Swedish: skirat smör
• Tamil: நெய் (ta) (ney)
• Telugu: నెయ్యి (te) (neyyi)
• Thai: น้ำมันเนย
• Urdu: گھی m (ghī)
• Vietnamese: bơ sữa trâu lỏng

See also

• butter oil
• clarified butter

References

• “ghee”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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Portuguese

Noun

ghee m (plural ghees)

1. ghee (South Asian style clarified butter)