dhoni
dhoni noun: a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
Noun
dhoni (plural dhonis)
- 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.1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 141
- 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.2007 January 28, Elaine Glusac, “It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?”, in New York Times
Forms of dhoni
| plural | dhonis |
|---|---|
| alternative form | dhoney |
| alternative form | dhony |
| alternative form | done |
| alternative form | doney |
| alternative form | doni |
Origin of dhoni
Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).
Questions about dhoni
- What does dhoni mean?
- Dhoni means a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
- What part of speech is dhoni?
- Dhoni is a noun.
- What is the plural of dhoni?
- The plural of dhoni is dhonis.
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