Dhoni

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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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"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).

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