Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is Dhow - definition
TYPE OF SAILING VESSEL FROM THE INDIAN OCEAN
Dhoani; Dhows; دهو; Jalibut; Dohw; داو
![A painting of a [[Baghlah]], traditional deep sea dhow](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sd2-baggala.JPG?width=200 "A painting of a [[Baghlah]], traditional deep sea dhow")
![Construction and repair of dhows in [[Sur, Oman]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayajh6.jpg?width=200 "Construction and repair of dhows in [[Sur, Oman]]")
![Dhow ferrying passengers near [[Inhambane]], Mozambique](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inhambane-dhow.JPG?width=200 "Dhow ferrying passengers near [[Inhambane]], Mozambique")
![1937 stamp of [[Aden]] depicting a dhow](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stamp Aden 1937 0.5a.jpg?width=200 "1937 stamp of [[Aden]] depicting a dhow")
![Boom]] in the [[Maritime Museum]] in [[Kuwait City]] commemorating the founding of Kuwait as a sea port for merchants](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MarinetimeMKuwaitAlshami.jpg?width=200 "Boom]] in the [[Maritime Museum]] in [[Kuwait City]] commemorating the founding of Kuwait as a sea port for merchants")
![[[Patamar]] on a 10 [[Indian rupee]] note](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KGVI rupees 10 note cdd front reverse.jpg?width=200 "[[Patamar]] on a 10 [[Indian rupee]] note")
![Model of a [[Sambuk]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sambuk.jpg?width=200 "Model of a [[Sambuk]]")
![Dhow on the [[Shatt al-Arab]] (1958)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dau auf dem Schatt al-Arab.png?width=200 "Dhow on the [[Shatt al-Arab]] (1958)")
Dhow
·noun A coasting vessel of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean. It has generally but one mast and a lateen sail.
dhow
[da?]
¦ noun a lateen-rigged ship with one or two masts, used chiefly in the Arabian region.
Origin
C18: from Arab. dawa, prob. related to Marathi daw.
Dhow
Dhow (; ) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, such as fruit, fresh water, or other heavy merchandise, along the coasts of Eastern Arabia, East Africa, Yemen and coastal South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh).
Wikipedia
Dhow
Dhow (; Arabic: داو, romanized: dāwa; Marathi: dāw) is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with settee or sometimes lateen sails, used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, such as fruit, fresh water, or other heavy merchandise, along the coasts of Eastern Arabia, East Africa, Yemen and coastal South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh). Larger dhows have crews of approximately thirty, smaller ones typically around twelve.
Examples of use of Dhow
1. Dhow building on Dubai Creek has been prevalent for centuries.
2. Also in the region, a small Navy craft intercepted a dhow approaching an Iraqi oil platform in the Persian Gulf last year and the dhow exploded, killing two sailors and a Coast Guardsman.
3. About 70 people were rescued after the two–deck Arabic dhow capsized, possibly from overcrowding.
4. The dhow, owned by an Iranian businessman, was moored in Deira wharf at Dubai Creek.
5. "The first report we received was that a dhow had capsized," he said.