هوري

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Arabic

Etymology

    Borrowed from Hindustani होड़ी (hoṛī) or Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī), ultimately from Dravidian.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    هُورِيّ (hūriyym (plural هَوَارِيّ (hawāriyy)) (Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Gulf)

    1. a kind of small logboat

    Declension

    Descendants

    • Swahili: hori
    • Tigre: ሆሪ (hori)

    References

    • Lucy Blue, Julian Whitewright, John P Cooper (2017) “The Ubiquitous hūrī: Maritime ethnography, archaeology and history in the western Indian Ocean”, in André van Holk, Jerzy Gawronski, Joost C. A. Schokkenbroek, editors, Ships and Maritime Landscapes: Proceedings of the Thirteenth Symposium on Boat and Ship Archaeology, Amsterdam 2012, Eelde: Barkhuis Publishing, →ISBN, pages 185–192