The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromघृत“sprinkled”
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todayghee
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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.