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bangle
[ 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.
bangle
/ ˈæŋɡə /
noun
- a bracelet, usually without a clasp, often worn high up round the arm or sometimes round the ankle
- a disc or charm hanging from a bracelet, necklace, etc
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Other 51Թ Forms
- g adjective
- un·g adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bangle1
1780–90; < Hindi Բī, variant of Բī glass ring, armlet
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bangle1
C19: from Hindi Բī
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At a station in Indian Punjab, a police official recognised Amarnath and gave him a kada - a steel bangle worn by Sikhs and many Hindus as a religious symbol.
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That influence has come directly from her grandmother, who has "always been a lover of pearls and bangles".
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Her mother listened intently, her hands repeatedly touching a gold bangle on her wrist - a bangle she had bought with her daughter.
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How lumpy our bed was with all her lockets and bangles and her garnet ring.
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People were shopping as usual Tuesday, with women buying bangles, jewelry and clothes for themselves and their children.
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