Dhoni vs Dhobi - What's the difference?
dhoni | dhobi |
A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 28, author=Elaine Glusac, title=It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?, work=New York Times
, passage=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. }}
A laundryman in India and Pakistan; a washerman.
* “A dhobi' is a washerman in India and Pakistan. '''Dhobis''' usually run door to door collecting ... All the '''dhobis''' wash their linen in the Mahalaxmi area known as ' Dhobi Ghat .” [http://www.mumbainet.com/travel/dhobighat.htm]
* The 'dhobi' khana' at Fort Kochi was once throbbing with activity. ... "The first ' dhobi khana was under the Madras Presidency...” [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/07/stories/2003070700750100.htm]
As nouns the difference between dhoni and dhobi
is that dhoni is a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the maldives while dhobi is a laundryman in india and pakistan; a washerman.dhoni
English
Alternative forms
* dhony * done * doney * doniNoun
(en noun) (wikipedia dhoni)citation