bhang

English

Etymology

From Hindi भांग and Urdu بھانگ, from Sanskrit भङ्ग.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /baŋ/
• (US) IPA: /bæŋ/

Noun

bhang (uncountable)

1. Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.
   • 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 101:

     He rolled out from under Zelikman, who looked surprised as if by the turn his bhang dream had taken.

   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36

     Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.