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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 María Juana (“Mary Jane”) is believed to be folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA: /ˌmæɹɨˈwɑ.nə/
Noun
marijuana (uncountable)
- Drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, Cannabis (drug).
- After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
- The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.
Synonyms
Translations
the drug
- Afrikaans: dagga (af), marijuana (af)
- Albanian: marihuanë (sq) f
- Arabic: ماريجوانا (ar) (marijwāna) f, حشيش (ar) (ḥašīš) m
- Egyptian Arabic: بانجو (arz) (bangu) m
- Armenian: մարիխուանա (hy) (marixuana), պլան (hy) (plan), կանեփ (hy) (kanepʿ)
- 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
- Gujarati: ગાંજો (gu) (gānjō)
- Hebrew: מריחואנה (he) (marikhuana) 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), ガンジャ (ja) (gānjya)
- Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (kn) (gān̄jā)
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- 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: கஞ்சாவை (ta) (kañcāvai), கஞ்சா (ta) (kañcā)
- Telugu: గంజాయి (te) (gan̄jāyi)
- Thai: กัญชา (th) (gan chaa)
- Turkish: esrar (tr)
- Ukrainian: марихуана (uk) (maryxuána) f
- Urdu: گانجا (ur) (gānjā) m
- Vietnamese: cần sa (vi), marijuana (vi)
- Yiddish: מעראַוואַנאַ (yi)
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the plant Cannabis sativa
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See also
References
- “marijuana” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
Italian
Noun
marijuana f (invariable)
- marijuana
Romanian
Etymology
Spanish marihuana.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ma.riˈwa.na], [ma.riˈhwa.na]
Noun
marijuana f
- marijuana
Declension
| gender f |
uncountable |
| Nom/Acc |
marijuana |
| Gen/Dat |
marijuanei |
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