dholn.

1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India vii. 140 The Dhol..is a species of drum chiefly employed in the native bands that are usually heard at weddings and other festivities.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) IV. 459/2 The typical drums are the tabla (right, and left hand, wedged in the crook of the knee) and the dhol (slung like a muff).

1955 R. P. Jhabvala To whom she Will 292 Dholak, a kind of small drum, oblong in shape, with skin at both ends.

1971 Illustr. Weekly India 4 Apr. 6/1 The girls of the bridegroom's family dance and sing to the accompaniment of dholak (small drum).

1983 Washington Post 30 May d9 Asha's songs were..played with unbelievable precision by the eight-piece orchestra that included Indian tabla and dholak drums.

1867 Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1864–6 9 i. 116 (Dhôl)..(Dhôlkee).—Ordinary Drum and Little Drum. Both played by hand as accompaniment to the voice, or struck with a stick when in concert with pipes or loud instruments.

1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India vii. 140 The Dholkee is a smaller dhol, much used by women in the Deccan.

1837 A. Campbell in Jrnl. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 6 ii. 956 Dholuck, differs from the dhol in having one end only covered with leather.

1891 C. R. Day Mus. & Mus. Instruments S. India vii. 140 The Dholuk and Dâk are drums somewhat similar to the dhol, but are generally rather larger and vary slightly in shape in different parts of India.