"bangle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bangle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bangles [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: From Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|hi|बंग्ली||glass bracelet}} Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bangle (plural bangles)
  1. A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp. Categories (topical): Jewelry Derived forms: rosary bangle Translations (a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp): খাৰু (kharu) (Assamese), চুড়ি (cuṛi) (Bengali), სამაჯური (samaǯuri) (Georgian), Armreif [masculine] (German), Armring [masculine] (German), Armspange [feminine] (German), Armreifen [masculine] (German), બંગડી (baṅgḍī) [feminine] (Gujarati), बंग्ली (baṅglī) [feminine] (Hindi), चूड़ी (cūṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), कंगन (kaṅgan) [masculine] (Hindi), cerchietto [masculine] (Italian), braccialetto [masculine] (Italian), braccialetto da schiava [masculine] (Italian), バングル (banguru) (Japanese), ಬಳೆ (baḷe) (Kannada), വള (vaḷa) (Malayalam), बांगडी (bāṅgḍī) (Marathi), चुरा (curā) (Nepali), خلخال (halhal) (Ottoman Turkish), النگو (alangu) (Persian), ਵੰਙ (vãṅ) (Punjabi), брасле́т (braslét) [masculine] (Russian), brazalete [masculine] (Spanish), pulsera [feminine] (Spanish), esclava [feminine] (Spanish), bangili [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), வளையல் (vaḷaiyal) (Tamil), காப்பு (kāppu) (Tamil), గాజు (gāju) (Telugu), halhal (Turkish), bilezik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-noun-NTZC2Pn- Disambiguation of Jewelry: 43 7 14 18 13 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bangle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bangles [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: Apparently from bang (verb) + -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bang|le|pos1=verb|pos2=instrumental suffix}} bang (verb) + -le (instrumental suffix), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*bangilaz}} Proto-Germanic *bangilaz, {{cog|nl|bengel}} Dutch bengel, {{cog|de|Bengel}} German Bengel Head templates: {{en-noun}} bangle (plural bangles)
  1. (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs Tags: dialectal
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-noun-ggsgPqnD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈbæŋ.ɡəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bangle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bangles [present, singular, third-person], bangling [participle, present], bangled [participle, past], bangled [past]
Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Etymology: Unknown, yet probably from bang + -le (frequentative suffix). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{suffix|en|bang|le|pos2=frequentative suffix}} bang + -le (frequentative suffix), {{langname|en}} English, {{pagetype}} entry, {{langname|en}} English, {{langname|en}} English, {{categorize|en|Requests for cleanup in English entries|sort=}}, {{cleanup|en|Strange quotation format}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-verb-ptt~3hi9
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away). Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-verb-eX~1sqVg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -le Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 11 4 55 17 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 8 5 46 27 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le: 8 10 13 49 15 4
  3. (intransitive) (falconry) to beat about in the air; flutter: said of a hawk which does not rise steadily and then swoop down upon its prey. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Falconry
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-verb-YqOLkKJu
  4. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bangle-en-verb-9FHOxgI5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bangle ear
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "curā",
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          "sense": "a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp",
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          "code": "te",
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          "word": "గాజు"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "gāju",
      "sense": "a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp",
      "word": "గాజు"
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      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp",
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    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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