[dah-huh-bee-uh] 
| a large boat used on the Nile as a houseboat or for conveying passengers. |
| da·ha·be·ah also da·ha·bee·yah or da·ha·bi·ah (dä'hə-bē'ə) n. A houseboat having sails and sometimes an engine, used on the Nile. [Arabic ḏahabīya, the Golden One, name of the gilded barge of the Muslim rulers of Egypt, from ḏahabīy, golden, from ḏahab, gold; see ḏhb in Semitic roots.] |