dhobi loan-word

But with the growth of the cash economy, most Dhobi are now paid money for their services.

Most Dhobi are still involved in their traditional occupation of washing clothes.

A few successful Dhobi have started their own businesses.

Kuswaha and Dhobi are the other major groups who reside here.

A small number of Dhobi are marginal farmers.

Kampong Dhobi, a reference to the laundrymen that dominated the area.

In Pakistan, the Punjab Dhobi are mainly a rural community.

By Western standards Dhobi Bigha's residents are far from wealthy.

The three largest scheduled caste groups are Pasi, Chamar and Dhobi.

This move was criticized by many, as Rosli Dhobi was a juvenile at the time of assassination.

The word Dhobi is derived from the Hindi word dhona, which means to wash.

Dhobi Bigha itself was deserted.

Although the Dhobi are found throughout Rajasthan, their main concentration is in Ajmer District.

The Dhobi of Rajasthan claim descent from Rajput community, and are known as Dhoba.

Video of Rosli Dhobi (youtube.com)

But this could only be housed at the Native General Library at Dhobi Talao for the lack of space.

In 1986 the school moved from Dhobi Khola to Naxal, in front of Police Headquarters.

A documentary of Rosli Dhobi (Malay)

The Delhiwal Dhobi of Karachi are now a successful community, with many members operating dry cleaners, servicing hotels and other industry.

Dhobi Bigha is filled with sturdy brick houses inhabited by landowners from the Bhumihar caste, which makes up 3 percent of the state's population.

Brihaspati VidyaSadan was established in 1985 with 59 students with the school located at Dhobi Khola.

Traditionally, the Dhobi lived in villages dominated by landowning castes such as the Jat, who acted as their patrons.

Muslim Dhobi (Muslim Vannar)

Early in 1920's there were three main families of Bangarmau: the Chowdhury's,and the Baniya's and Dhobi's.

Some of the backward or lower-caste Muslim caste include Ansari, Kunjra, Dhobi and Halalkhor.