
ghee [gee] or ghi [gee]
n
clarified butter: clarified butter, especially as used in Indian cooking. Traditionally a mark of generous hospitality, ghee is also used in Hindu religious observances.
[Mid-17th century. Via Hindi ghî from Sanskrit ghtam , of uncertain origin: perhaps formed from gharati ‘to sprinkle’.]
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clarified butter: clarified butter, especially as used in Indian cooking. Traditionally a mark of generous hospitality, ghee is also used in Hindu religious observances.
[Mid-17th century. Via Hindi ghî from Sanskrit ghtam , of uncertain origin: perhaps formed from gharati ‘to sprinkle’.]