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Ghee

2 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means clarified butter, widely used in South Asian cooking
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Stage 1 of 2
ghrta
Sanskrit · ancient
"clarified butter"
clarified butter, used in cooking and ritual across South Asia
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Stage 2 of 2
ghee
English · 1600s
"clarified butter used in South Asian cooking"
adopted directly for the clarified butter of South Asian cuisine
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