Editing Dhole (section)

==Etymology and naming==
The [[etymology]] of "dhole" is unclear. The possible earliest written use of the word in English occurred in 1808 by soldier Thomas Williamson, who encountered the animal in [[Ramgarh district|Ramghur district]], [[India]]. He stated that ''dhole'' was a common local name for the species.<ref>{{cite book |author=Williamson, T. |year=1808 |title=Oriental field sports: being a complete, detailed, and accurate description of the wild sports of the East|volume=II|publisher=Orme |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1BlcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1}}</ref> In 1827, [[Charles Hamilton Smith]] claimed that it was derived from a language spoken in 'various parts of the East'.<ref name="smith1827">{{cite book |author=Smith, C. H. |year=1827 |title=The class Mammalia |publisher=Geo. B. Whittaker |location=London |url=https://archive.org/stream/classmammalia21827cuvi#page/326/mode/2up/search/dhole}}</ref>

Two years later, Smith connected this word with {{langx|tr|[[wikt:deli#Turkish|deli]]}} 'mad, crazy', and erroneously compared the Turkish word with {{langx|osx|[[wikt:dol#Old English|dol]]}} and {{langx|nl|[[wikt:dol#Dutch|dol]]}} (cfr. also {{langx|en|[[wikt:dull#English|dull]]}}; {{langx|de|[[wikt:toll#German|toll]]}}),<ref name="smith1839">{{cite book |author1=Smith, C. H. |author2=Jardine, W. |year=1839 |title=The natural history of dogs: Canidae or genus canis of authors; including also the genera hyaena and proteles |volume=I |publisher=W.H. Lizars |location=Edinburgh, UK |url=https://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof139smit#page/166/mode/2up}}</ref> which are in fact from the [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] *''dwalaz'' 'foolish, stupid'.<ref>{{Citation |title=A Handbook of Germanic Etymology |last=Orel |first=V. |author-link=Vladimir Orel |year=2003 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden, DE; Boston, MA |isbn=978-90-04-12875-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/handbookofgerman0000orel/page/81 81] |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookofgerman0000orel/page/81 }}</ref> [[Richard Lydekker]] wrote nearly 80&nbsp;years later that the word was not used by the natives living within the species' range.<ref name="lydekker1907">{{cite book |last=Lydekker |first=R. |author-link=Richard Lydekker |url=https://archive.org/stream/gameanimalsofind00lyde#page/360/mode/2up |title=The game animals of India, Burma, Malaya, and Tibet |publisher=R. Ward Limited |year=1907 |location=London, UK}}</ref> The [[Merriam-Webster]] ''Dictionary'' theorises that it may have come from the {{langx|kn|ತೋಳ|tōḷa|wolf}}.<ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dhole dhole] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224095139/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dhole |date=24 December 2016 }}. Merriam-Webster Dictionary.</ref>

Other English names for the species include '''Asian wild dog''', '''Asiatic wild dog''',<ref name=f>{{Harvnb|Fox|1984}}</ref> '''Indian wild dog''',<ref name="lydekker1907"/> '''whistling dog''', '''red dog''',<ref name=cohen1978>{{cite journal |last1=Cohen |first1=James A. |title=Cuon alpinus |journal=Mammalian Species |date=1978 |issue=100 |pages=1–3 |doi=10.2307/3503800 |jstor=3503800 |doi-access=free}}</ref> and '''red wolf'''.<ref name=heptner1998>{{cite book |editor1=Heptner, V. G. |editor2=Naumov, N. P. |year=1998 |chapter=Genus ''Cuon'' Hodgson, 1838 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/mammalsofsov211998gept#page/566/mode/2up |title=Mammals of the Soviet Union |volume=(II. Part 1A: Sirenia and Carnivora (Sea Cows, Wolves, and Bears)) |pages=566–586 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution and National science Foundation |location=Washington, DC |isbn=1-886106-81-9}}</ref>