dhole

See also: d-hole

English

a dhole

Etymology

Unknown, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doʊl/

Noun

dhole (plural dholes or dhole)

1. 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.

Synonyms

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

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)
• Esperanto: kuono
• 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: ajak (id)
• Italian: cuon alpino
• Japanese: ドール (ja) (dōru)
• Javanese: asu alas
• Kannada: [script needed] (kadu nai), [script needed] (korku), [script needed] (bun-seeta), ಕೆನ್ನಾಯಿ (kn) (kennāyi)
• Kashmiri: [script needed] (jangli-kuta), [script needed] (ram-hun), [script needed] (ban-kuta), [script needed] (bhansa)
• Kazakh: қызыл қасқыр (qyzyl qasqyr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ឆ្កែចចក (chkae cɑcɑɑk), ឆ្កែព្រៃ (km) (chkae prɨy), ចចក (km) (cɑcɑɑk)
• Korean: 승냥이 (ko) (seungnyang'i)
• Lao: ໝາໃນ (mā nai)
• Lepcha: [script needed] (sa-tun)
• Lü: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: anjing hutan

  Jawi: انجيڠ هوتن

• Malayalam: ചെന്നായ (ml) (cennāya)
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᡵᡭᡡ (jarh'ū)
• Marathi: [script needed] (kolasna), [script needed] (kolasra), [script needed] (kolsa), कोळसून (koḷsūn), भारतीय रानकुत्रा (bhārtīy rānkutrā)
• Manipuri: [script needed] (huithou)
• Mongolian: цөөвөр чоно (cöövör čono), шарнууд (mn) (šarnuud)
• Navajo: Náátsʼózídę́ę́ʼ mąʼiiłchííʼ
• Nepali: वन कुकुर (van kukura)
• Nivkh: чорамлач (ț’oramlaț’)
• Oriya: ବଳିଆ କୁକୁର (bôḷia kukurô), ଢୋଲ୍ (ḍhol), କୋକବଲିଆ (or) (kokôbôlia)
• 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
• 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, chó sói lửa, sói đỏ

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Hodel, holde, holed