English

Alternative forms

• dhony
• done
• doney
• doni

Noun

dhoni ‎(plural dhonis)

1. A handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.
   • 2007 January 28, Elaine Glusac, “It’s Night. Shall We Snorkel, Cycle or Hike?”, in New York Times:

     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.