dhol

English

Etymology

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

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.

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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