different between dhol vs dhow

English

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (?hol), from Sanskrit ??? (?hola).

Noun

dhol (plural dhols)

1. (music) A type of drum from India
   • 2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape 2017, p. 106:

     On the TV news men in pink and saffron turbans are at the airport, jigging frantically to the music of dhols.

References

Anagrams

• hodl, hold

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??l?]

Noun

dhol

1. Lenited form of dol.

English

Etymology

From Arabic ????? (d?w).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Noun

dhow (plural dhows)

1. (nautical) A traditional sailing vessel used along the coasts of Arabia, East Africa, and the Indian Ocean, generally having a single mast and a lateen sail.
   • 2001, David M Besaw, Joshua, Trafford Publishing, page 251,

     Joshua continued preparing breakfast, Bijan returned to piloting the dhow offshore and Pourghasem returned to his watch. […] Several dhows were on the water and some fishermen were already at work.

   • 2003, Suzanne Miers, Slavery in the Twentieth Century: The Evolution of a Global Problem, Rowman & Littlefield (AltaMira), page 78,

     The navy sometimes hired dhows for its patrols. […] If a dhow was stopped, the slaves could not be counted on to make their presence known, having probably been told that the Europeans would kill them.

   • 2011, J. W. Heldring, The Killing of Dr. Albrecht Roscher, Xlibris, page 109,

     They took a dhow from Mombasa bound for Aden and planned to take a larger vessel to Suez and then overland to Cairo.

Further reading

• dhow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• how'd, who'd