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ghee^¹

/ɡʰiː/ South Asia
/ɡiː/ South Asia, Western

Sounds like gi · Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), traditionally explained as from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”) (See घृत entry 3 for details). First attested in the late 17th century.

noun ghees · ghi

uncountable, usually A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking. 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.
Similar: usli ghee
South Asia, uncountable, usually Vegetable oil for 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.

Ghee^²

proper noun Ghees

A surname.

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noun South Asian-style clarified butter

日本語	ギー gī
中文	酥油 sūyóu
हिन्दी	घी ghī, घृत ghŕt, मक्खन makkhan
Kiswahili	samli
Português	ghee
Français	ghî, ghee
Deutsch	Ghee
Русский	топлёное ма́сло topljónoje máslo, гхи gxi
Tiếng Việt	bơ sữa trâu lỏng
العربية	سَمْن حَيَوَانِيّ samn ḥayawāniyy
עברית	גהי

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@misc{ghee_2026,
  title = {ghee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ghee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}