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ban⋅gle

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–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.

Origin:
1780–90; < Hindi banglī, var. of bangrī glass ring, armlet

Related forms:

bangled, adjective

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ban·gle (bāng'gəl)

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

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