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Dinghy

2 stages from Bengali/Hindi to English.

Today it means a small open boat, often carried aboard a larger vessel
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Stage 1 of 2
dingi
Bengali/Hindi · medieval
"a small boat"
a small river boat used in South Asia
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Stage 2 of 2
dinghy
English · 1800s
"a small open boat"
adopted through British colonial contact in India
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