dhole

See also: d-hole

English

a dhole

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /doʊl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dəʊl/
• Rhymes: -əʊl
• Homophone: dole

Noun

dhole (plural dholes or dhole)

2. (zoology) An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
   • 1895, Rudyard Kipling, Red Dog:

     Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs.

   • 2001, “Dhole”, in Endangered Wildlife and Plants of the World‎^[1], Marshall Cavendish Corporation, page 451:

     This whistling, a means of communication for a pack of dhole regrouping after an unsuccessful hunt, inspired the other common name of this species—the whistling dog.

Synonyms

• (Cuon alpinus): Asian wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red wolf, red dog, mountain wolf, kholsun, ajag, adjag

Translations

Asian wild dog

• Assamese: ৰাং কুকুৰ (raṅ kukur)
• Bengali: রামকুত্তা (ramkutta)
• Burmese: တောခွေး (my) (tau:hkwe:)
• Buryat: зурби (zurbi)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: цэгу (cegu)

  Mandarin: 豺 (zh) (chái), 豺狗 (zh) (cháigǒu), 猱犬 (náoquǎn)

• Dzongkha: འཕརཝ ('phar.w)
• Erzya: пандоверьгиз (pandoveŕgiz)
• Evenki: дяргул (ʒargul)
• Finnish: vuorisusi, aasianvillikoira
• French: dhole (fr) m or f
• German: Rothund m
• Gondi: eram-naiko
• Gujarati: કુત્ર (kutra)
• Hebrew: דּוֹל מָצוּי m (dol matzui), דּוֹל m (dol)
• Hindi: सोनकुत्ता m (sonkuttā), ढोल (hi) m (ḍhol), जंगली कुत्ता m (jaṅglī kuttā)
• Indonesian: anjing hutan (id)
• Italian: cuon alpino
• Japanese: ドール (ja) (dōru)
• Javanese: asu alas
• Kannada: ಕಾಡು ನಾಯಿ (kāḍu nāyi), ಕೊರ್ಕು (kn) (korku), [script needed] (bun-seeta), ಕೆನ್ನಾಯಿ (kn) (kennāyi)
• Kashmiri: وَن ہوٗن (van hūn)
• Kazakh: қызыл қасқыр (qyzyl qasqyr)
• Khmer: ឆ្កែចចក (chkae cɑcɑɑk), ឆ្កែព្រៃ (km) (chkae prɨy), ចចក (km) (cɑcɑɑk)
• Korean: 승냥이 (ko) (seungnyang'i)
• Lao: ໝາໃນ (mā nai)
• Lepcha: ᰠᰊᰪᰰ (sa-tun)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: anjing hutan

  Jawi: انجيڠ هوتن

• Malayalam: ചെന്നായ (ml) (cennāya)
• Maltese: kelb selvaġġ tal-Asja m
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡵᡭᡡ (jarh'ū)
• Manipuri: [script needed] (huithou)
• Marathi: कोळसना (koḷasnā), कोळसरा (koḷasrā), कोळसा (koḷsā), कोळसून (koḷsūn), भारतीय रानकुत्रा (bhārtīy rānkutrā)
• Mongolian: цөөвөр чоно (cöövör čono), шарнууд (mn) (šarnuud)
• Nepali: वन कुकुर (van kukura)
• Nivkh: чорамлач (ț’oramlaț’)
• Odia: ବଳିଆ କୁକୁର (baḷiā kukura), ଢୋଲ୍ (ḍhol), କୋକବଲିଆ (or) (kokabaliā)
• Polish: cyjon (pl) m
• Russian: кра́сный волк m (krásnyj volk), ди́кая соба́ка m (díkaja sobáka)
• Shan: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cuón m
• Sundanese: ajag (su)
• Tamil: செந்நாய் (cennāy)
• Telugu: రేచు కుక్క (rēcu kukka), [script needed] (reza-kutta), అడవి కుక్క (aḍavi kukka), రేచుకుక్కలు (rēcukukkalu)
• Thai: หมาใน (th) (mǎa-nai)
• Tibetan: འཕར་སྤྱང ('phar spyang)
• Urdu: جنگلی کتا m (jaṅglī kuttā)
• Vietnamese: chó rừng (vi) (㹥𡹃), chó sói lửa (㹥獪焒), sói đỏ (獪𣠶)

Further reading

• dhole on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cuon alpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cuon alpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Hodel, holde, holed