'Dinghy' is a word borrowed from Hindi 'dinghy'. The word entered the English language some time around 1810.
dinghy [noun] [1810]
- an East Indian rowboat or sailboat
- a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
- a small sailboat
- a rubber life raft
See 'dinghy' on the Loan Words Map
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Etymology: Bengali 'ḍiṅgi' Urdu 'ḍīngī' & Hindi 'ḍieṁgī'
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