Dhoby Ghaut in Singapore refers to a historic area known as the "washerman's place" or laundry ghat by the river".
It derived from Hindi term dhobi (washerman) and ghat (riverside washing steps). Historically, this location served as a laundry spot for Indian dhobies along the Sungei Brass Bassa (now Stamford Canal) in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dhoby Ghaut, is an anglicised version of the Hindi phrase Dhobi Ghat.
I had difficulty in the spelling; hence I break it down as:
Dhoby= D ho by
Ghaut= G hat = Ghaut
