ganja
/ˈɡæn.dʒə/
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ganja noun: marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
Noun
ganja (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)
- Marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- Whilst a ganja-eater was catching fish on the bank of a river, a man from another country came and asked which was the road and what was his name; he replied that his name was "eater of six maunds of ganja."1873, Indian Antiquary, Volume 2, Popular Prakashan, page 271
- There were altogether 2,202 admissions to the five asylums of this province during that time, and of that number it was ascertained that 641 were ganja smokers, 117 were spirit drinkers, and 8 were opium-eaters, the percentages being ganja 291 spririts 5'8, opium 036 per cent.1892, The Medical Reporter: A Record of Medicine, Surgery, Public Health and of General Medical Intelligence, Volume 1, Medical Publishing Press, page 126
Proper noun capitalized: Ganja
Ganja
- A city in Azerbaijan.
- Synonyms:
- Elisabethpol, Yelizavetpol, Kirovabad, Gandzak
ganja meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
ganja in Hindi
- slang for marijuana
- गांजा gāñjā, गाँजा gāñjā
ganja in Tamil
- slang for marijuana
- கஞ்சா kañcā
ganja in Urdu
- slang for marijuana
- گَانْجَا gānjā
ganja in Bengali
- slang for marijuana
- গাঁজা gãja
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- ganja in Telugu
- గంజాయి gañjāyi
- ganja in Malayalam
- കഞ്ചാവ് kañcāvŭ
- ganja in Kannada
- ಗಾಂಜಾ gāñjā
- ganja in Punjabi
- ਗਾਂਜਾ gāñjā
- ganja in Gujarati
- ગાંજો gā̃jo
- ganja in Nepali
- गाँजा gā̃jā
- ganja in Malay
- ganja
- ganja in Thai
- กัญชา gan-chaa
- ganja in Vietnamese
- cần sa
- ganja in Myanmar
- ဂန်ဂျာ gan-gya
Examples of ganja in a sentence
- In Bengal the natives talk of the ganja-bearing plant as the male and the weaker pollen-bearing plant as the female.1898, American Druggist and Pharmaceutical Record, Volume 33, American Druggist Publishing Company, page 102:
- It must be the ganja, it's the marijuana / That's creeping up on me, why I'm so high2009, “Must Be the Ganja”, in Relapse, performed by Eminem:
Synonyms of ganja
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Forms of ganja
| plural | ganjas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ganjah |
| alternative form (obsolete) | ganga |
| alternative form (obsolete) | gunga |
| alternative form (obsolete) | gunjah |
Origin of ganja
Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800.
Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).
Words formed from ganja
Questions about ganja
- What does ganja mean?
- Ganja means marijuana, the inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
- What is ganja in Hindi?
- Ganja in Hindi is गांजा (gāñjā), गाँजा (gāñjā). See Ganja meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ganja in a sentence?
- In Bengal the natives talk of the ganja-bearing plant as the male and the weaker pollen-bearing plant as the female.
- What part of speech is ganja?
- Ganja can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ganja?
- Ganja is pronounced /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ/ (India).
- What is the plural of ganja?
- The plural of ganja is ganjas.
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