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English
Noun
ghi (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of ghee
Anagrams
Esperanto
Pronoun
ghi
- H-system spelling of ĝi
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi घी (ghī)/Urdu گھی (ghī), from Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta, “sprinkled”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ghì
Noun
ghi m (uncountable)
- ghee (South Asian clarified butter)
Further reading
- ghi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle Dutch
Pronoun
ghi
- Alternative spelling of gi
Vietnamese
Etymology 1
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 記 (“to record”, SV: kí).
Pronunciation
Verb
ghi • (掑, 記, 𥱬, 𥶂, 𪟕, 𪡴, 𫂮, 𫍕)
- to write something for the record
- (computing) to write
- (literary) to remember; to keep remembrances
See also
Etymology 2
From French gris.
Adjective
ghi
- The colour, color or shade in between white and black: grey or gray.