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Dhoni vs Dhoti - What's the difference?

dhoni | dhoti |

As nouns the difference between dhoni and dhoti

is that dhoni is a handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives while dhoti is short names for people of India.

dhoni

English

Alternative forms

* dhony * done * doney * doni

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia dhoni)
  • 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 citation
    • , 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. }}

    dhoti

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dhooti * dhootie * dhuti

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A long loincloth worn by Hindu men in India.
  • The cotton fabric used for such loincloths.