nacodah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nakhoda, from Persian ناخدا (nâxodâ).

Noun

nacodah (plural nacodahs)

1. The captain of a boat or other vessel.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 244:

     The proas are owned by Malays, each one commanded by a head man or nacodah.