dhoniEtymologyBorrowed from Dhivehi ދޯނި (dōni).nounA handcrafted sailboat with a motor or lateen sails, resembling a dhow, that is used in the Maldives.“The witchery of the dawn turned the grey river-reaches to purple, gold, and opal; and it was as though the lumbering dhoni crept across the splendors of a new heaven.”