English
kholsun
Kholsun comes from Marathi कोळसून ‘dhole’.
- Marathimodernकोळसूनkoḷsūn‘dhole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865kholsun
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Marathimodernकोळसूनkoḷsūn‘dhole’
- Englishearliest quotation 1865kholsun
Earliest quotation: 1865, John George Wood, The Illustrated Natural History...: Mammalia: “The Dhole, or kholsun as it is sometimes called,…”
Every English word from Marathi कोळसून
Today it means
noun The dhole, an Asian wild dog.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Marathi कोळसून / kholsun