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घी ghī[Prk. िघयंor िघअं; S. घृ तं], s.m. Clarified butter (or butter which has been boiled gently and strained and allowed to cool; it is much used in cooking, and is highly esteemed by Hindūs both in food and for religious uses):—ghī ćuparnā(-meṅ), To rub ghī(on a cake of bread):—ghī-sā, adj. (f. -sī), Like ghī;—soft, tender:—ghī-khićaṛī, adj. & s.m.f. Like ghīand khićaṛī; intimate, close (friends), hand and glove;—close or intimate friends;—ghī-kājalnā, 'The burning of ghī' (in a lamp, in place of oil);—(met.) to be well off; to be successful; to attain one's object:—ghī-ke kuppe-se jā-lagnā, 'To go and stick to a ghī-bottle': (met.) to come in for a fortune; to find a mine of wealth:—ghīgayāpar kuppāto gayānāhīṅ, prov. 'The ghīmay be gone, but the bottle remains' (used in hinting to one who is making some false assertion, that, though the matter be past, all documents, etc. respecting it are not lost):—kaććāghī, s.m. Unclarified butter:—hāṅḍī-kāghī, Good fresh butter.
Origin: Hindi