hashish
/həˈʃiːʃ/
hashish noun: the leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
Noun
hashish (usually uncountable, plural hashishes)
- The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 44
- You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Eight Cousins
- A cannabis extract.
- Marijuana generally.
hashish meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
hashish in Hindi
- dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- हशीश haśīś
hashish in Tamil
- dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- கஞ்சா kañcā
hashish in Urdu
- dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- حشیش haśīś
hashish in Bengali
- dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- ভাং bhaṅ, গাঁজা gãja
More languagesFewer languages
- hashish in Telugu
- గంజాయి gañjāyi
- hashish in Kannada
- ಗಾಂಜಾ gāñjā
- hashish in Gujarati
- ગાંજો gā̃jo
- hashish in Sanskrit
- गञ्जा gañjā
- hashish in Pashto
- چرس čars
- hashish in Arabic
- حَشِيش ḥašīš
- hashish in Malay
- hasyisy, ganja
- hashish in Indonesian
- hasyis
- hashish in Persian
- حشیش hašiš, بنگ bang
- hashish in Thai
- กัญชา gan-chaa
- hashish in Vietnamese
- hasit, cần sa
- hashish in Myanmar
- ဘင်း bhang:, ဆေးခြောက် hce:hkrauk, ဂန်ဂျာ gan-gya
Forms of hashish
| plural | hashishes |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | hasheesh |
| alternative form (archaic) | haschisch |
Origin of hashish
Borrowed from Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Words formed from hashish
Words that rhyme with hashish
Questions about hashish
- What does hashish mean?
- Hashish means the leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- What is hashish in Hindi?
- Hashish in Hindi is हशीश (haśīś). See Hashish meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hashish?
- Hashish is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hashish?
- Hashish is pronounced /həˈʃiːʃ/.
- What is the plural of hashish?
- The plural of hashish is hashishes.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hashish (page history and authors); గంజాయి (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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