dhol

English

Etymology

From Hindi ढोल (ḍhol), from Sanskrit ढोल (ḍhola).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

dhol (plural dhols)

  1. (music) A type of drum from India.
    • 2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape, published 2017, page 106:
      On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dhol”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
  2. ^ “dhol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɣɔlˠ]

Noun

dhol

  1. lenited form of dol
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