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dhoni

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).

  1. borrowed from ދޯނި

Definitions

  1. A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in…

    A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.

    • The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.

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