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ghungru

ghungru is the alternative form of ghungroo.

Meaning of ghungroo

Noun

ghungroo (plural ghungroos)

  1. 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

Forms of ghungru

pluralghungrus

Questions about ghungru

What is ghungru the alternative form of?
Ghungru is the alternative form of ghungroo.

Words near ghungru in the dictionary

  1. Ghumti
  2. ghunghat
  3. ghunghats
  4. ghungroo
  5. ghungroos
  6. ghungru
  7. ghungrus
  8. ghurab
  9. ghurabs
  10. ghural
  11. ghurals

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