dhol
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English
Etymology
From Hindi ढोल (ḍhol), from Sanskrit ढोल (ḍhola).
Noun
dhol (plural dhols)
- (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
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “dhol”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
- ^ “dhol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
dhol
- Lenited form of dol.