mashwan.

Brit.

/ˈmaʃwə/, U.S.

/ˈmæʃwə/

Forms: 1700s– machva, 1800s– machwa, 1900s– machchva, 1900s– mashua, 1900s– mashuwa, 1900s– mashwa.

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Swahili. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Malayalam. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Kannada. Etymons: Swahili mashua; Malayalam mañchu, Kannada maccïve.

Etymology: Partly < Swahili mashua, of South Asian origin; partly < its etymon (not certainly identified), perhaps Malayalam mañchu (see manchua n.) or the cognate Kannada maccïve.Derivation from a compound of Sanskrit matsya ‘fish’ has been suggested, but likely forms do not seem to be found in the modern South Asian vernaculars.

A kind of open boat used along the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, and India for fishing and trade, and as a ship's boat: see quot. 1948.

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mashwa1704

1704 in R. A. Wadia Bombay Dockyard (1957) 117 All our vessels except two small machvas which are of little defence have been lost.

1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 184/1 The machwás of different ports vary slightly in build. They are considered to be amongst the swiftest sailing-vessels known; they are very sharp in the bows, with hollow keel, well rounded in the stern, and the mast slopes a little forward.

1906 H. W. Smyth Mast & Sail ix. 310 A smaller class of Zanzibar vessel is the mashuwa, or open fishing-boat worked by the Arab of the neighbourhood. They are generally dilapidated little crafts with the usual long bow and transom-stern.

1917 Yachting Monthly Sept. 262/2 The Gujarat Machwa is still used for fishing.

1942 Mariner's Mirror 28 21 The Mashwa or Machwa. The larger Arab fishing boats, the mashwas, are built after the design of the sambuk and the jehazi in their respective home ports. At Zanzibar they are employed also for the transport of coral rag and firewood.

1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 453/1 Mashuwa, mashwa, generic name in the Persian Gulf and in Southern Arabia for an open ship's boat with straight or curved stem and transom stern, usually propelled by oars, but also rigged with one mast on occasion... This name also refers to a small open boat with raking stem and rounded stern of Deccan used for fishing and local trading on the Gujarat coast between Bombay and Cam-Bay.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mashwa
释义	mashwan. Brit. /ˈmaʃwə/, U.S. /ˈmæʃwə/ Forms: 1700s– machva, 1800s– machwa, 1900s– machchva, 1900s– mashua, 1900s– mashuwa, 1900s– mashwa. Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Swahili. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Malayalam. Perhaps partly a borrowing from Kannada. Etymons: Swahili mashua; Malayalam mañchu, Kannada maccïve. Etymology: Partly < Swahili mashua, of South Asian origin; partly < its etymon (not certainly identified), perhaps Malayalam mañchu (see manchua n.) or the cognate Kannada maccïve.Derivation from a compound of Sanskrit matsya ‘fish’ has been suggested, but likely forms do not seem to be found in the modern South Asian vernaculars. A kind of open boat used along the coasts of East Africa, Arabia, and India for fishing and trade, and as a ship's boat: see quot. 1948. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels propelled by oars or poles > [noun] > vessels propelled by oars and sails > eastern gallivat1613 mashwa1704 1704 in R. A. Wadia Bombay Dockyard (1957) 117 All our vessels except two small machvas which are of little defence have been lost. 1885 G. C. Whitworth Anglo-Indian Dict. 184/1 The machwás of different ports vary slightly in build. They are considered to be amongst the swiftest sailing-vessels known; they are very sharp in the bows, with hollow keel, well rounded in the stern, and the mast slopes a little forward. 1906 H. W. Smyth Mast & Sail ix. 310 A smaller class of Zanzibar vessel is the mashuwa, or open fishing-boat worked by the Arab of the neighbourhood. They are generally dilapidated little crafts with the usual long bow and transom-stern. 1917 Yachting Monthly Sept. 262/2 The Gujarat Machwa is still used for fishing. 1942 Mariner's Mirror 28 21 The Mashwa or Machwa. The larger Arab fishing boats, the mashwas, are built after the design of the sambuk and the jehazi in their respective home ports. At Zanzibar they are employed also for the transport of coral rag and firewood. 1948 R. de Kerchove Internat. Maritime Dict. 453/1 Mashuwa, mashwa, generic name in the Persian Gulf and in Southern Arabia for an open ship's boat with straight or curved stem and transom stern, usually propelled by oars, but also rigged with one mast on occasion... This name also refers to a small open boat with raking stem and rounded stern of Deccan used for fishing and local trading on the Gujarat coast between Bombay and Cam-Bay. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1704
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