The story
- Hindi · borrowed fromभंगी“user of bhang”
- English todayBhangi
From Hindi भंगी (bhaṅgī, “user of bhang”), from भांग (bhāṅg, “hemp”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bhangi
Today it means: A member of the Bhangi caste, traditionally restricted to cleaning latrines and handling dead bodies Full definition →
Hindi भंगी