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Traditional vs Dahabieh - What's the difference?

traditional | dahabieh |

As an adjective traditional

is of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the scriptures.

As a noun dahabieh is

a traditional egyptian sailing-boat.

traditional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to tradition; derived from tradition; communicated from ancestors to descendants by word only; transmitted from age to age without writing; as, traditional opinions; traditional customs; traditional expositions of the Scriptures.
    • I think her traditional values are antiquated .
  • Observant of tradition; attached to old customs; old-fashioned.
  • In lieu of the name of the composer of a piece of music, whose real name is lost in the mists of time.

    • Antonyms

    * nontraditional, non-traditional * untraditional

    Derived terms

    * traditionally

    Related terms

    * tradition

    dahabieh

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A traditional Egyptian sailing-boat.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 5, author=Lisa Fugard, title=Against the Current, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Much has changed since the Victorians traveled in large comfortable boats called dahabiehs — “a bit like floating down the Nile in a brownstone,” Mahoney says. }}