/ daʊ; NAmE / noun
an Arab ship with one large sail in the shape of a triangle
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Arabic dāwa , probably related to Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) dāw .
/ daʊ; NAmE / noun
an Arab ship with one large sail in the shape of a triangle
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WORD ORIGIN
late 18th cent.: from Arabic dāwa , probably related to Marathi (a language spoken in the western Indian state of Maharashtra) dāw .
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005