dhoni
English
Alternative forms
- dhony
- done
- doney
- doni
Etymology
Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni)
Noun
dhoni (plural dhonis)
- A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
- 2007 January 28, Elaine Glusac, “It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?”, in New York Times:
- Guests at the new Anantara Resort Maldives, opened in September on a five-acre island in the South Male Atoll, can shove off at sunset to fish from an indigenous dhoni sailboat, trailing local tackle — that is, a baited hook on a fishing line.
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Anagrams
- odhni