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ban⋅gle

  [bang-guhl]
–noun
a rigid, ring-shaped bracelet usually made without a clasp so as to slip over the hand, but sometimes having a hinged opening and a clasp.
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Origin:
1780–90; < Hindi banglī, var. of bangrī glass ring, armlet

Related forms:
bangled, adjective
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ban·gle   (bāng'gəl)   
n.  

  1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp.

  2. An ornament that hangs from a bracelet or necklace.


[Hindi baṅgrī, glass bracelet.]
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Word Origin & History

bangle 
"ring-shaped bracelet," 1787, from Hindi bangri "colored glass bracelet or anklet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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