Lexicographical Neighbors of Dahabiah
Literary usage of Dahabiah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monuments of Upper Egypt: A Translation of the "Itinéraire de la Haute by Auguste Mariette (1890)
"A PEW years ago, the only means of visiting Upper Egypt was by dahabiah. ...
Thoroughly to enjoy the journey, however, it should be made in a dahabiah. ..."
2. Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the by William Patten, Broughton Brandenburg, P.F. Collier & Son Corporation (1906)
"A dahabiah was passing, and in it was a foreigner, a very great prince, ...
"Well, anyhow," my Copt continued, unheeding my smile, "we hailed the dahabiah, ..."
3. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"If you buy a dahabiah", I was told, "you must kill a sheep, letting the blood
flow on the deck or side of the boat, in order that it may be lucky. ..."
4. American Journal of Archaeology by Archaeological Institute of America (1891)
"24,1891 : "A somewhat slow voyage up tbe Nile in a dahabiah this winter enables
me to give a fuller report ..."
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