Ghungroo

Quick meaning: Ghungroo is a noun meaning (music) A small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.

Meaning

(music) A small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.

Example Sentences

His other meagre finds include a lone ghungroo—a tiny silver orb that once belonged on an anklet—and what might have once been a copper nose pin.

Every dancer cherishes her ghungroos, and no wonder. From the time she first learnt to use her feet in step, they have been with her in ever-increasing numbers, and now, at the height of her artistic maturity, two-hundred or more adorn her ankles where once there had been only ten or twenty.

Word Forms

• ghungroos

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ghanta, ghaghra, ghagra, ghatam, gharana, ugal.

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