Word of the Day – Dahabeeyah

Dahabeeyah (noun)

daa-haa-bee-ah

A large passenger boat used on the Nile, typically with lateen sails.

Mid 19th century: from Arabic, literally ‘golden’, denoting the gilded state barge formerly used by the Muslim rulers of Egypt.

Example sentences

“She met him on a dahabeeyah on her Nile cruise and the rest is history!”