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ban⋅gle
[bang-guh
l] 
–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
1780–90; < Hindi banglī, var. of bangrī glass ring, armlet
Related forms:
bangled, adjective
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| ban·gle (bāng'gəl) n.
[Hindi baṅgrī, glass bracelet.] |
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Bangle
Ban"gle\, v. t. [From 1st Bang.] To waste by little and little; to fritter away. [Obs.]Bangle
Ban"gle\, n. [Hind. bangr[=i] bracelet, bangle.] An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet. Bangle ear, a loose hanging ear of a horse, like that of a spaniel.
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Language Translation for : bangle
Spanish:
brazalete, esclava,
German:
der Arm-, *Fußreif,
Japanese:
腕輪
bangle
"ring-shaped bracelet," 1787, from Hindi bangri "colored glass bracelet or anklet."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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