ghee
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South Asia/ɡʰiː/
ghee noun: a type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
Noun
ghee (usually uncountable, plural ghees)
- 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.1845, T.A. Wise, Commentary on the Hindu System of Medicine, page 140
- A Hindu manual of erotology suggests boiled ghee, drunk in the morning, in the spring time, as a healthful, strengthening beverage.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 104
- Synonyms:
- usli ghee
- 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.1973, Madhur Jaffrey, An Invitation to Indian Cooking
Proper noun capitalized: Ghee
Ghee (plural Ghees)
- A surname.
ghee meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ghee in Hindi
- South Asian-style clarified butter
- घी ghī, घृत ghŕt, मक्खन makkhan
ghee in Tamil
- South Asian-style clarified butter
- நெய் ney
ghee in Marathi
- South Asian-style clarified butter
- तूप tūp
ghee in Urdu
- South Asian-style clarified butter
- گھی ghī
More languagesFewer languages
- ghee in Bengali
- ঘি ghi
- ghee in Telugu
- నెయ్యి neyyi
- ghee in Malayalam
- നെയ്യ് neyyŭ
- ghee in Kannada
- ತುಪ್ಪ tuppa
- ghee in Punjabi
- ਘਿਉ ghiu, ਘੇ ghe, گھیو gheyo, گھے ghe
- ghee in Gujarati
- ઘી ghī, તૂપ tūp
- ghee in Sanskrit
- घृत ghṛta
- ghee in Sinhala
- ගිතෙල් gitel
- ghee in Assamese
- ঘিঁউ ghĩu, ঘিউ ghiu
- ghee in Nepali
- घिउ ghiu, घ्यू ghyū
- ghee in Arabic
- سَمْن حَيَوَانِيّ samn ḥayawāniyy
- ghee in Malay
- minyak sapi, gi
- ghee in Indonesian
- gi, minyak samin
- ghee in Persian
- گی gi, روغن حیوانی rowġan-e heyvâni
- ghee in Thai
- เนยใส nəəi-sǎi
- ghee in Vietnamese
- bơ sữa trâu lỏng
- ghee in Myanmar
- ဂီး gi:
- Kashmiri
- گؠو gyav
Synonyms of ghee
Forms of ghee
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ghees |
| alternative form | ghi |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Ghees |
Origin of ghee
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.
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Words that rhyme with ghee
Questions about ghee
- What does ghee mean?
- Ghee means a type of clarified butter used in South Asian cooking.
- What is ghee in Hindi?
- Ghee in Hindi is घी (ghī), घृत (ghŕt), मक्खन (makkhan). See Ghee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ghee?
- Ghee can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ghee?
- Ghee is pronounced /ɡʰiː/ (South Asia).
- What is the plural of ghee?
- The plural of ghee is ghees.
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