See also: هوری

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. a kind of small logboat

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Swahili: hori
  • Tigre: ሆሪ (hori)

References edit

  • 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