dahabeah
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dahabeah
First recorded in 1840–50, dahabeah is from the Egyptian Arabic word dahabīyah
Example Sentences
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One of Gordon's forms of recreation was to get out and help to pull his dahabeah.
From The Life of Gordon, Volume I by Demetrius Charles Boulger
The modern dahabeah is often made of iron, draws about 2 ft. of water, and is provided with one very large and one small sail.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
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 C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
"If there were a plot, as you are always imagining, the dahabeah would have to be near here, too," Monny laughed incredulously.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
Until a few years age the tourist going up the Nile had to take a dahabeah.
From In Pastures New by George Ade
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