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dholak

/ˈdəʊlək/

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India/ˈɖʰoːlək/

dholak noun: a North Indian hand drum.

Noun

dholak (plural dholaks)

  1. A North Indian hand drum.
    • The men make a circle around the musicians, cheering and whistling with the beat of the dholak.2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 40

dholak meaning in Hindi and Urdu

dholak in Hindi

North Indian hand drum
ढोलक ḍholak

dholak in Urdu

dholak, a type of North Indian hand drum
ڈھولک ḍholak

Forms of dholak

pluraldholaks
alternative formdholaki
alternative formdholki

Origin of dholak

Borrowed from Hindi ढोलक (ḍholak).

Questions about dholak

What does dholak mean?
Dholak means a North Indian hand drum.
What is dholak in Hindi?
Dholak in Hindi is ढोलक (ḍholak). See Dholak meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is dholak?
Dholak is a noun.
How do you pronounce dholak?
Dholak is pronounced /ˈdəʊlək/.
What is the plural of dholak?
The plural of dholak is dholaks.

Words near dholak in the dictionary

  1. Dhofari Arabic
  2. Dhofaris
  3. dhokla
  4. dhoklas
  5. dhol
  6. dholak
  7. dholaki
  8. dholakis
  9. dholaks
  10. dhole
  11. dholes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dholak (page history and authors); ڈھولک (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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