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English
Etymology
From Hindi धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”)[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdəʊbi/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊbi
Noun
dhobi (plural dhobis)
- (South Asia) A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman.
- 2003,
- The 'dhobi khana' at Fort Kochi was once throbbing with activity.
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- ... "The first dhobi khana was under the Madras Presidency...”
Derived terms
Translations
a laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman, in India and Pakistan
References
- ^ Platts, John T. धोबी from A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.
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