ganja

See also: Ganja

English

Etymology

From Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæn.dʒə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.dʒə/

Noun

ganja (uncountable)

1. (slang, chiefly India) marijuana, as used for smoking.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

• ganj
• ganjapreneur
• ganjaism

Translations

slang for marijuana

• Bengali: গাঁজা (bn) (gañja)
• Burmese: ဂန်ဂျာ (my) (gan-gya)
• German: Ganja (de) n
• Gujarati: ગાંજો (gā̃jo)
• Hindi: गांजा m (gāñjā), गाँजा (hi) m (gāñjā)
• Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (kn) (gāñjā)
• Khmer: កញ្ឆា (km) (kɑñchaa)
• Lao: ກັນຊາ (lo) (kan sā)
• Malay: ganja
• Malayalam: കഞ്ചാവ് (ml) (kañcāvŭ)
• Nepali: गाँजा (ne) (gā̃jā)
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• Portuguese: ganja f, ganza f
• Punjabi: ਗਾਂਜਾ (pa) (gāñjā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: га̑нџа f

  Roman: gȃndža f

• Tamil: கஞ்சா (ta) (kañcā)
• Telugu: గంజాయి (te) (gañjāyi)
• Thai: กัญชา (th) (gan-chaa)
• Urdu: گانجا m (gānjā)
• Vietnamese: cần sa

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Noun

ganja (first-person possessive ganjaku, second-person possessive ganjamu, third-person possessive ganjanya)

1. marijuana

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Malay

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Noun

ganja (plural ganja-ganja, informal 1st possessive ganjaku, 2nd possessive ganjamu, 3rd possessive ganjanya)

1. marijuana

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Kimbundu nganji.

Noun

ganja f (plural ganjas)

1. (Brazil, slang) arrogance or vanity