دهل

Persian

Etymology

Compare Hindi ढोल (ḍhol).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /du.ˈhul/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o̞.ɦʊ́l]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪ʊʊ́l]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪uúl̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪o.ɦól̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪u.ɦúl]

Readings
Classical reading^?	duhul
Dari reading^?	dohul
Iranian reading^?	dohol
Tajik reading^?	duhul

Noun


Iranian Persian	دهل
Dari	دهل
Tajik	дўҳўл

دهل • (dohol) (plural دهل‌ها (dohol-hâ))

drum, tambour, kettledrum
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3610:
  غیب مطلوب حق آمد چند گاه
  این دهل‌‌زن را بران بر بند راه
  ġayb matlūb haq āmad čand gāh
  īn duhul-zan rā barān bar band rāh
  Concealment is desired by God for awhile.
  Drive away this drummer, bar the road!

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “دهل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim