Etymology

dhobi

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Today it means: A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman. Full definition →

Hindi धोबी
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The story

  1. Hindi · borrowed fromधोबी“washerman”
  2. English todaydhobi

From Hindi धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”)

Words from the same roots

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.