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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BHANGRA

From Hindi.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BHANGRA

bhangra  [ˈbæŋɡrə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BHANGRA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bhangra is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BHANGRA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bhangra in the English dictionary

The definition of bhangra in the dictionary is a type of Asian pop music that combines elements of traditional Punjabi music with Western pop.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BHANGRA


Agra
ˈɑːɡrə
cephalagra
ˌsɛfəˈlæɡrə
chaulmoogra
tʃɔːlˈmuːɡrə
chaulmugra
tʃɔːlˈmuːɡrə
chiragra
kaɪˈræɡrə
Gogra
ˈɡɒɡrə
jagra
ˈdʒæɡrə
Niagara
naɪˈæɡrə
pellagra
pəˈleɪɡrə
podagra
pəˈdæɡrə
Tanagra
ˈtænəɡrə
Viagra
vaɪˈæɡrə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BHANGRA

bh
Bhagalpur
Bhagavad-Gita
Bhai
bhajan
bhaji
bhakta
bhakti
bhang
bharal
Bharat
Bharat Natyam
Bharatiya
Bhaskar
bhat
Bhatpara
bhavan
Bhavnagar
bhawan
bheesties

WORDS THAT END LIKE BHANGRA

agora
Alexandra
ancora
Andorra
Ankara
bra
camera
era
extra
Fra
hora
laura
opera
ora
para
sera
sierra
substantia nigra
terra
ultra

Synonyms and antonyms of bhangra in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bhangra» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BHANGRA

Find out the translation of bhangra to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bhangra from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bhangra» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bhangra的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bhangra
570 millions of speakers

English

bhangra
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भांगड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بنجابية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бхангра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bhangra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Bhangra
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bhangra
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bhangra
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bhangra
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バングラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bhangra
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bhangra
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bhangra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாங்ரா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भांगडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bhangra
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bhangra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bhangra
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бхангра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bhangra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bhangra
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bhangra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bhangra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Bhangra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bhangra

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BHANGRA»

The term «bhangra» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.922 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of bhangra
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «bhangra».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BHANGRA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bhangra» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bhangra» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bhangra

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BHANGRA»

Discover the use of bhangra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bhangra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Bhangra Moves: From Ludhiana to London and Beyond
This is derived from a Panjabi harvest dance of the same name.
Anjali Gera Roy, 2010
2
Bhangra Babes
Fortunately, a great idea comes from an unexpected source, and the girls bounce back again. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Narinder Dhami, 2009
3
Bhangra and Asian Underground: South Asian Music and the ...
Analyzing the production of bhangra and Asian Underground music by male artists and its consumption by female club-goers, Bakrania shows that gender, sexuality, and class intersected in ways that profoundly shaped how young people ...
Falu Bakrania, 2013
4
Bollywood and Globalization: Indian Popular Cinema, Nation, ...
The Bollywood 'superstar' Amitabh Bachchan's insistence that Mehndi perform live along with him for Mrityudaata (I997), his comeback vehicle in the late eighties, launched Bhangra in Bollywood. Bachchan's patronization of Bhangra ...
Rini Bhattacharya Mehta, Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande, 2011
5
Bhangra
"This book offers a timely and accessible overview of some of the artists, songs, audiences, and images of Bhangra music in Britain - from its folk beginnings to a diversified music industry that now encompasses a range of fusion-based ...
Rajinder Kumar Dudrah, 2007
6
Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and ...
And there is further confusion between Bollywoodinfluenced dance music (like that by A. R. Rahman for Sluma'ag Millionaire [2008]) and the raw sounding bhangra-beat club music. An early scholar of bhangra-influenced Western music,  ...
Babacar M'Baye, Alexander Charles Oliver Hall, 2013
7
World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East
England/UK. |. Bhangra/Asian. Beat. one-way. ticket. to. British. Asia. It's a fairly simple story. Immigrants arrive in a stiff-upper-lip land. They bring with them their own culture, traditions, food, languages and music. Over a generation, the music  ...
Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo, 1999
8
India in Africa, Africa in India: Indian Ocean Cosmopolitanisms
Bhangra Remixes Anjali Gera Roy It is to insist that in black popular culture, strictly speaking, ethnographically speaking, there are no pure forms at all. — Stuart Hall, “What Is This 'Black' in Black Popular Culture?” I don't go with the people ...
John C. Hawley, 2008
9
Multiculturalism's Double-Bind: Creating Inclusivity, ...
Under the aegis of the 'Coin Street Festival' in central London, Oxo Tower Wharf and Bernie Spain Gardens shuddered to 'the wild percussion sounds' that the festival programme promised would be the sonic constituent of the bhangra ...
Dr John Nagle, 2012
10
American Studies: An Anthology
Latino Performance and the Politics of AIDS. The massive beats of a new sound reverberated in New York City nightlife in the mid-1990s, a mix of Hindi film music and bhangra, a North Indian and Pakistani dance and music, with American rap ...
Janice A. Radway, Kevin Gaines, Barry Shank, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BHANGRA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bhangra is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bollywood, bhangra and bedazzling costumes delight at …
Performers included African vocal ensemble Uzambezi, Slovakian band Gejza, local band What, the Four by Four Bhangra Group, Bloco Fogo ... «Gravesend Reporter, Jul 15»
2
Evanston Ethnic Arts Festival at Dawes Park
... from Lanialoha Lee's Uke Nation, and Punjabi dhol drummers and bhangra dancers from Chi Town Dholiz and Bollywood Groove Bhangra ... «Evanston Now, Jul 15»
3
Surrey Mounties give FVDED in the Park a thumbs up
... for two days this month, on July 18 and 19, with guitar master Jose Feliciano and bhangra duo Jazzy B and Miss Kaur featured this year. «Surrey Now, Jul 15»
4
Farewell to Toddler Talk
And, of course, my life is still filled to the brim with too many toys, and too many loud and badly-sung nursery rhymes ('Finger Family' in bhangra ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
5
Anil and Laveena Pais present 'Geeth Sangeeth' musical nite
Veteran singer Rony Crasta got the audience rolling with the Bhangra number 'Balle Balle', which proved Konkani music nowhere lacks in ... «Daijiworld.com, Jul 15»
6
Incredible things to do in and around Delhi
For dinner, we chose Bhangra Beat (international cuisine restaurant). After a delicious fare - we had a mix of Mediterranean and Oriental dishes ... «India Today, Jul 15»
7
'A time to have fun': Women from different cultures gather to dance
Vaishali Takhar, 17, performed a dance that was a mix of Giddha and Bhangra with her three friends, Lovejot Kaur, 13, Navdeep Kaur, 17, and ... «Appeal-Democrat, Jul 15»
8
Be ready for marriage and bhangra: Bhajji
Spinner Harbhajan Singh celebrated his 35th Birthday in Jalandhar on Friday and asked his friends to be prepared for a marriage and a ... «India Today, Jul 15»
9
Harbhajan Singh tweets about his marriage plans
"Biya te Pangra paun nu tyar raho (be ready for the marriage and bhangra)," Bhajji told his friends. Bhajji's birthday also witnessed the release ... «India Today, Jul 15»
10
ANNUAL VAISAKHI MELA 2015 at Gurdwara Glen Cove a huge draw
Khalsa Carnival, New York Gatka, Innovative Sikhi Nagara, Virsa Bhangra, Adelphi University Bhangra Team and Several Bhangra Gidda ... «The Indian Panorama, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bhangra [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bhangra>. Apr 2024 ».
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