ghungroo

ghungroo noun: a small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.

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Noun

ghungroo (plural ghungroos)

A small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.
- 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.2021, “On the Ghungroos: Ankle-bells of Servitude, and Mastery”, in Donovan Roebert, editor, Essays on Classical Indian Dance, CRC Press, →ISBN
- 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.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 158

ghungroo, a musical anklet tied to the feet of classical Indian dancers: घुंघरू ghuṅghrū

plural	ghungroos

Borrowed from Hindi घुँघरू (ghuṅghrū).

What does ghungroo mean?: Ghungroo means a small metallic bell, usually part of a set strung together and worn on an anklet, especially by classical Indian dancers.
What is ghungroo in Marathi?: Ghungroo in Marathi is घुंघरू (ghuṅghrū). See Ghungroo meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is ghungroo?: Ghungroo is a noun.
What is the plural of ghungroo?: The plural of ghungroo is ghungroos.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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