dhoni

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dhoni

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Borrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).

noun dhonis · dhoney · dhony · done · doney · doni

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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@misc{dhoni_2026,
  title = {dhoni},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dhoni},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}