ghee

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• South-Asia: /ɡhiː/
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• South-Asia, Western: /ɡiː/ without aspiration
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• homophone: gi
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• CMU ARPABET: G IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَمْن حَيَوَانِيّ (samn ḥayawāniyy) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Arabic: سمنة (sámna) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Iraqi Arabic: دِهِن حُرّ (dihin ḥurr) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Arabic: سمن (smen) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Ashkun: anā́ — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Assamese: ঘিঁউ (ghĩu) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Assamese: ঘিউ (ghiu) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Bengali: ঘি (ghi) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Bhojpuri: घीव (ghīv) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Burmese: ဂီး (gi:) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Chinese Mandarin: 酥油 (sūyóu) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Finnish: ghi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Finnish: ghee — South Asian-style clarified butter
• French: ghî — South Asian-style clarified butter
• French: ghee — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Georgian: ერბო (erbo) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• German: Ghee — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Gujarati: ઘી (ghī) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Gujarati: તૂપ (tūp) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Halegannada: ತುಪ್ಪ (tuppa) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Hebrew: גהי — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Hindi: घी (ghī) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Hindi: घृत (ghŕt) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Hindi: मक्खन (makkhan) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Indonesian: gi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Indonesian: minyak samin — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Japanese: ギー (gī) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Kamviri: anū́ — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Kannada: ತುಪ್ಪ (tuppa) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Kashmiri: گؠو (gyav) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Konkani: तूप (tūp) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Maithili: घी (ghī) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Malay: minyak sapi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Malay: gi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Malayalam: നെയ്യ് (neyyŭ) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Marathi: तूप (tūp) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Nepali: घिउ (ghiu) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Nepali: घ्यू (ghyū) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Pāli: sappi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Persian: گی (gi) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Persian: روغن حیوانی (rowġan-e heyvâni) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Polish: ghi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Portuguese: ghee — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Prakrit: 𑀢𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧 (tuppa) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Punjabi: ਘਿਉ (ghiu) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Punjabi: ਘੇ (ghe) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Punjabi: گھیو (gheyo) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Punjabi: گھے (ghe) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Punjabi: تِھنْدا (thindā) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Rohingya: gíi — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Russian: топлёное ма́сло (topljónoje máslo) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Russian: гхи (gxi) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Sanskrit: घृत (ghṛta) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Sinhalese: ගිතෙල් (gitel) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Swahili: samli — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Swedish: skirat smör — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Tamil: நெய் (ney) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Telugu: నెయ్యి (neyyi) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Thai: เนยใส (nəəi-sǎi) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Tocharian B: peṣke — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Turkish: sarı yağ — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Urdu: گھی (ghī) — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Vietnamese: bơ sữa trâu lỏng — South Asian-style clarified butter
• Waigali: ënëvřë — South Asian-style clarified butter