dahabeah

American  

[dah-huh-bee-uh] / ˌdɑ həˈbi ə /

Or dahabeeyah,

noun

1. a large boat used on the Nile as a houseboat or for conveying passengers.

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dahabeah British  

/ ˌdɑːhəˈbiːə /

noun

1. a houseboat used on the Nile

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Etymology

Origin of dahabeah

First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah

Example Sentences

And nobody knew if the steam dahabeah had hurried on before us, to anchor out of sight round the oblique fa�ade of Abu Simbel.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

Yet, if you have just come from Egypt and three months on a dahabeah, you will not hesitate to call this luxurious mode of passing from Dan to Beersheba "roughing it in Palestine."

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

And I want you and your friend Fenton to go up Nile in charge of the splendid steam dahabeah I've bought to supplement the Mediterranean trip.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

What he did learn was this: a dragoman had come, in a small boat, from a steam dahabeah to the Enchantress Isis while we were away at Kasr Ibrim.

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)

I regretted Miss Gilder's preference for a private dahabeah, so obvious, so millionairy!

From It Happened in Egypt by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)