bangle

== English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ̯ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/, /ˈbɛ̃ŋ.ɡ(ə)l/ Rhymes: -æŋɡəl Hyphenation: ban‧gle === Etymology 1 === From Hindi बंग्ली (baṅglī, “glass bracelet”). ==== Noun ==== bangle (plural bangles) A rigid bracelet or anklet, especially one with no clasp. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Unknown, yet probably from bang +‎ -le (frequentative suffix). ==== Verb ==== bangle (third-person singular simple present bangles, present participle bangling, simple past and past participle bangled) (transitive, obsolete) to beat about or beat down, as corn by the wind. (obsolete or dialectal) to waste away little by little; squander carelessly; fritter (away). , New York Review Books 2001, p.273: Thus betwixt hope and fear, suspicions, angers […] betwixt falling in, falling out, etc., we bangle away our best days, befool out our times […]. If we bangle away the legacy of peace left us by Christ, it is a sign of our want of regard for him. — Duty of Man. (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. (intransitive) to flap or hang down loosely, as a hat brim or an animal's ear. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Apparently from bang (verb) +‎ -le (instrumental suffix), perhaps ultimately connected with Proto-Germanic *bangilaz. Compare Dutch bengel, German Bengel. ==== Noun ==== bangle (plural bangles) (dialectal) The cut branch of a tree; a large, rough stick; the largest piece of wood in a bundle of twigs === Anagrams === Bangel, Bengal == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese banglé, perhaps from an Austroasiatic source (cf. Proto-Mon-Khmer *bnl[iiʔ], Khmer ពន្លៃ (pŭənlɨy)). Doublet of bonglai. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaŋle/ [ˈbaŋ.le] Rhymes: -aŋle Syllabification: bang‧le === Noun === bangle (plural bangle-bangle) Cassumunar ginger (Zingiber montanum, syn. Zingiber cassumunar) Synonym: bonglai === Further reading === “bangle”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016