"ghee" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡiː/, [ɡʱiː] [South-Asia] Forms: ghees [plural]
enPR: gē Rhymes: -iː Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani گھی (ghī) / घी (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”). First attested in the late 17th century. Etymology templates: {{root|en|sa|घृ}}, {{bor|en|inc-hnd}} Hindustani, {{der|en|sa|घृत||sprinkled}} Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”), {{etydate/the|late 17th century}} the late 17th century, {{etydate|late 17th century}} First attested in the late 17th century Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)
  1. A type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking; usli ghee. Wikidata QID: Q323225 Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Fats and oils Translations (South Asian-style clarified butter): سَمْن حَيَوَانِيّ (samn ḥayawāniyy) [masculine] (Arabic), سمنة (sámna) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), سمن (smen) [Moroccan-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), anā́ (Ashkun), ঘিঁউ (ghĩu) (Assamese), ঘিউ (ghiu) (Assamese), ঘি (ghi) (Bengali), घीव (ghīv) (Bhojpuri), 酥油 (sūyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), ghi (Finnish), ghî [masculine] (French), ghee [masculine] (French), ერბო (erbo) (Georgian), Ghee [neuter] (German), ઘી (ghī) [neuter] (Gujarati), તૂપ (tūp) (Gujarati), ತುಪ್ಪ (tuppa) (Halegannada), גהי (Hebrew), घी (ghī) [masculine] (Hindi), घृत (ghŕt) [masculine] (Hindi), मक्खन (makkhan) [masculine] (Hindi), gi (Indonesian), ギー () (Japanese), anū́ [Kamviri] (Kamkata-viri), ತುಪ್ಪ (tuppa) (Kannada), तूप (tūp) (Konkani), 𑀢𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧 (tuppa) (Maharastri Prakrit), घी (ghī) (Maithili), minyak sapi (Malay), നെയ്യ് (neyyŭ) (Malayalam), तूप (tūp) (Marathi), घिउ (ghiu) (Nepali), घ्यू (ghyū) (Nepali), ghee [masculine] (Portuguese), ਘਿਉ (ghiu) [masculine] (Punjabi), sappi (Pāli), gíi (Rohingya), топлёное ма́сло (topljónoje máslo) [neuter] (Russian), гхи (gxi) [neuter] (Russian), घृत (ghṛta) [neuter] (Sanskrit), ගිතෙල් (gitel) (Sinhalese), samli (Swahili), skirat smör (Swedish), நெய் (ney) (Tamil), నెయ్యి (neyyi) (Telugu), เนยใส (nəəi-sǎi) (Thai), peṣke (Tocharian B), sarı yağ (Turkish), گھی (ghī) [masculine] (Urdu), bơ sữa trâu lỏng (Vietnamese), ënëvřë (Waigali)
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  2. (South Asia) Vegetable oil for cooking. Tags: South-Asia, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-ghee-en-noun-u7mIDDKI Categories (other): South Asian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ghi Related terms: butter oil, clarified butter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "neyyi",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "నెయ్యి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nəəi-sǎi",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "เนยใส"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "peṣke"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "sarı yağ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ghī",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "گھی"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "bơ sữa trâu lỏng"
    },
    {
      "code": "wbk",
      "lang": "Waigali",
      "sense": "South Asian-style clarified butter",
      "word": "ënëvřë"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "ghee"
  ],
  "word": "ghee"
}

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  "called_from": "translations/369",
  "msg": "unrecognized prefix (language name?) in translation item: Kata-vari: anév",
  "path": [
    "ghee"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ghee",
  "trace": ""
}

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