dho·bi 
(dōbē)
(dōbē)n. pl. dho·bis
A traditional washer of clothes and linens in South Asia.
[Hindi dhobī, washerman, from dhob, a wash, washing, from Middle Indic dhovvaï, is washed, from earlier *dhauvati, he washes, alteration (influenced by Sanskrit dhauta-, washed) of Sanskrit dhāvati, he washes.]