Editing Ghee (section)

== Etymology ==
The word ''ghee'' is borrowed from the Hindi word {{lang|hi|घी}} (''ghī''), which comes from {{langx|sa|घृत}} (''{{IAST|ghṛta-}}'', {{IPA|sa|ɡʱr̩tɐ|IPA}}) 'clarified butter', from the root {{lang|sa|घृ}}, {{lang|sa-Latn|ghṛ-}}, 'to sprinkle';<ref>as contrasted with {{lang|sa|नवनीत}}, {{lang|sa-Latn|navanīta}} 'fresh butter': Carl Darling Buck, ''A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages'', 1949, reprinted 1992 {{isbn|0226079376}}, p. 399, §5.89 'Butter'</ref> it is [[cognate]] with the [[Ancient Greek]] word {{lang|grc|χριστός}} ({{lang|grc-Latn|khristós}}, 'rubbed, anointed'), from which the English word ''[[Christ]]'' is derived.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://tarek.kakhia.org/books_eng/ENCYCOPEDIA_OF_OILS_and_FATS.Tarek_Kakhia.pdf |title=Encyclopedia of Oils and Fats |author=Tarek I Kakhia |pages=194–195 |access-date=28 October 2023 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111121829/https://tarek.kakhia.org/books_eng/ENCYCOPEDIA_OF_OILS_and_FATS.Tarek_Kakhia.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>