cotia

== English == === Etymology === From Hindi [Term?] or Arabic كُوْتِيّة (kūtiyya), possibly linked to medieval Arabic قِطْعَة (qiṭʕa, “a kind of galley”), or from an Indian language. === Noun === cotia (plural cotias) (India, historical) A fast-sailing vessel, with two masts and lateen sails, employed on the Malabar coast. === References === === Further reading === Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “cotia”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 265.