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dhau

dhau is the alternative form of dhow.

Meaning of dhow

Noun

dhow (plural dhows)

  1. A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
    • I suppose I must have slept for seven or eight hours, getting the first real rest that I had had since the night before the loss of the dhow, for when I woke the sun was high in the heavens.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

Forms of dhau

pluraldhaus

Questions about dhau

What is dhau the alternative form of?
Dhau is the alternative form of dhow.

Words near dhau in the dictionary

  1. dhat syndrome
  2. Dhatekarunahuttaa
  3. Dhatemulaidhua
  4. Dhathaidhuaa
  5. Dhatki
  6. dhau
  7. Dhaulagiri
  8. dhaus
  9. dhawa
  10. Dhawan
  11. Dhawans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dhau (page history and authors); dhow (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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