ghiíṛ ghee; semi-liquid butter (used for cooking)

Part of Speech n.masc
Vernacular Form گِھیڑ
Phonetic Form ɡhiíɽ
Inflection Class a-decl (Obl, pl): -á
Indo-Aryan Proto-Form ghr̥tá- 'fluid grease, clarified butter or ghee (neut)' (T: 4501)
    • ghee; semi-liquid butter (used for cooking)
      • Example 342:
        índa tu bíiḍu trokíilu hínu, táa tu čhoót, ghiíṛ, o čoóng khaá ba bhakulíiṛ.
        índa
        here
        tu
        2sg.nom
        bíiḍ
        much
        -u
        -MSG
        troké
        become.thin
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        táa
        there.REM
        tu
        2sg.nom
        čhoót
        cheese
        ghiíṛ
        butter
        óo
        and
        čoóng
        cheese
        kha
        eat
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        bhakulé
        fatten
        -eṛ
        -2sg
        Here [in the village] you have become very thin. There [in the high pasture] you eat cheese and butter and become fat.
        Source: A:KAT007
      • Example 880:
        eetás matílu seentá tasíi bi ghiíṛ bháanu.
        eetás
        3sg.REM.acc
        maté
        churn
        -íl
        -pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        seentá
        CONDH
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        bi
        SEP
        ghiíṛ
        butter
        bhe
        become
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        When that has been churned, it becomes butter.
        Source: A:KEE041
      • Example 1806:
        ṣiṣá wée ghiíṛ bi bilaá uṛíitu heentá, teeṇíi na bháanu.
        ṣiṣ
        head
        -a
        -obl
        wée
        into
        ghiíṛ
        butter
        bi
        SEP
        bilá
        melt
        -í
        -CV
        uṛíit
        let.go.pfv
        -u
        -MSG
        heentá
        CONDL
        teeṇíi
        refl
        na
        neg
        bhe
        become
        -án
        -prs
        -u
        -MSG
        Even if you melt ghee and pour it over his head, he'll still not be yours. [Proverb]
        Source: A:NH12:1:127