Etymology

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Today it means: A fast-sailing vessel, with two masts and lateen sails, employed on the Malabar coast. Full definition →

Hindi [Term?] ← Arabic كُوتِيّة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromكُوتِيّة
  2. Hindi · derived from[Term?]
  3. English todaycotia

From Hindi [Term?] or Arabic كُوتِيّة (kūtiyya), possibly linked to medieval Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa, “a kind of galley”), or from an Indian language.

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