marijuana

English

Alternative forms

• marihuana

Etymology

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

From Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguan. First attested from 1894 of uncertain origin; possibly from Nahuatl mallihuan, "prisoner".

Alteration by influence of the proper name Maria Juana (“Mary Jane”) is believed to be folk etymology.

Noun

marijuana (uncountable)

1. Drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, Cannabis (drug).

   After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.

2. The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:marijuana

Translations

the drug

Afrikaans: dagga (af), marijuana (af) Albanian: marihuanë (sq) f. Arabic: قنب هندي (ar) (qínnab híndiyy) m., ماريجوانا (ar) (mārixwānā) f. Armenian: մարիխուանա (hy) (marixuana), պլան (hy) (plan) Azeri: esrar (az) Belarusian: марыхуана (be) (maryxuána) f. Bengali: গাঁজা (bn) (gãja) Bulgarian: марихуана (bg) (marihuána) f. Catalan: marihuana (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 大麻 (cmn) (dàmá) Czech: marihuana (cs) f. Dutch: marihuana (nl) Esperanto: mariĥuano (eo) Estonian: marihuaana (et) Finnish: marihuana (fi) French: marijuana (fr) f., marihuana (fr) f. Galician: marihuana (gl) f. Georgian: მარიხუანა (ka) (marixuana) German: Marihuana (de) n. Greek: μαριχουάνα (el) (marichouána) f. Hebrew: מריחואנה (he) (mariħuana) f. Hindi: गांजा (hi) (gān̄jā) m., मारिजुआना (hi) (māriju'ānā) Hungarian: marihuána (hu), kender (hu) Indonesian: ganja (id) Italian: erba (it) f., marijuana (it) f. Japanese: マリワナ (ja) (mariwana), マリファナ (ja) (marifana) Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (kn) (gān̄jā) Khmer: កញ្ឆា (km) (kɑñchʰaa)

Korean: 마리화나 (ko) (marihwana), 대마 (ko) (daema) (大麻 (ko)) Latin: cannabis (la) Latvian: marihuāna (lv) f., kaņepe (lv) f. Lithuanian: marihuana (lt) f., kanapė (lt) f. Macedonian: марихуана (mk) (marihuána) f. Malay: ganja (ms) Maltese: marijuana (mt) f. Persian: شاه‌دانه (fa) (šâh-dâne), ماری‌جوانا (fa) (mâri-xwânâ), ماریجوانا (fa) (mârixwânâ) Polish: marihuana (pl) f. Portuguese: maconha (pt) f. (Brazil) Romanian: marijuana (ro) f. Russian: марихуана (ru) (marixuána) f., (slang) план (ru) (plan) m., (slang) анаша (ru) (anašá) f. Sanskrit: गञ्जा (sa) (gañjā) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: марихуана (sh) f. Roman: marihuana (sh) f. Slovak: marihuana (sk) f. Slovene: marihuana (sl) f. Spanish: marihuana (es) f., mariguana (es) f., marijuana (es) f. Swahili: bangi (sw) Tamil: கஞ்சா (ta) (kañcā) Thai: กัญชา (th) (gan chaa) Turkish: esrar (tr) Ukrainian: марихуана (uk) (maryxuána) f. Urdu: گنجا (ur) (gānjā) m. Vietnamese: cần sa (vi), marijuana (vi) Yiddish: מעראַוואַנאַ (yi)

the plant Cannabis sativa

Czech: konopí (cs) n. Esperanto: kanabo (eo)

Finnish: hamppu (fi) Spanish: cáñamo (es) m.

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Arabic: كيف (ar) (kief) m.

See also

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

References

• “marijuana” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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Italian

Noun

marijuana f. inv.

1. marijuana

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Romanian

Etymology

Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ma.riˈwa.na], [ma.riˈhwa.na]

Noun

marijuana f.

1. marijuana

Declension

gender f.	uncountable
Nom/Acc	marijuana
Gen/Dat	marijuanei

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