ගිතෙල්

Sinhalese

Etymology

From Sanskrit घृत (ghṛta) + තෙල් (tel). Compare Dhivehi ގިތެއު (giteu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.tel/, [ɡi.tel]
Hyphenation: ගි‧තෙල්

Noun

ගිතෙල් • (gitel)

ghee
Synonyms: ගී (gī), ගවි (gawi)

References

Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “ගිතෙල්”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.

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