Dingi [din-gi] (bahasa Inggeris: dinghy[2]) ialah sejenis perahu kecil sering dipakai diiringi kapal lebih besar sama ada untuk tujuan penyelamatan atau tender[3] lagi-lagi apabila kapal tidak dapat berlabuh di kawasan sepatutnya seperti pelabuhan atau marina kerana kedalaman atau saiz yang tidak muat.
Perkataan "dingi" ialah kata pinjaman datang daripada bahasa-bahasa Benggali (ḍiṅgi) dan Hindustan (bahasa Urdu: ḍīngī, bahasa Hindi: ḍieṁgī).[4][Note 1]
Binaan
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Nota
- ^ The word ḍiṅgi means small boat, and is a diminutive of the Telugu word ḍiṅgā, meaning boat. The British Royal Navy adopted the word to designate the smallest ship's boat.[5]
Rujukan
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd Edition, 1989
- ^ Also dingy, dingee, dinghee, dingey[1]
- ^ Smyth, William Henry (1867). Belcher, Vice-Admiral Sir Edward (penyunting). The Sailor's Word-Book. An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc (HTML) (dalam bahasa Inggeris). London: BLACKIE AND SON. Dicapai pada 18 August 2019.
DINGHEY. A small boat of Bombay, propelled by paddles, and fitted with a settee sail, the mast raking forwards; also, the boats in use on the Hooghly; also, a small extra boat in men-of-war and merchant ships.
Check|archiveurl=value (bantuan) - ^ "Mirriam-Webster Dictionary". www.merriam-webster.com. Diarkibkan daripada yang asal pada 28 August 2014. Dicapai pada October 2014. Unknown parameter
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