ganja
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (India) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡæn.dʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒə/
Noun
[edit]ganja (uncountable)
- (slang, especially India, Singapore, Caribbean) Marijuana, as used for smoking.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
- 2009, “Must Be the Ganja”, in Relapse, performed by Eminem:
- It must be the ganja, it's the marijuana / That's creeping up on me, why I'm so high
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Afrikaans: ganja
- → English: gunja
- → Tiwi: kanja
- → French: ganja
- → German: Ganja
- → Italian: gangia
- → Japanese: ガンジャ (ganja)
- → Portuguese: ganja
- → Serbo-Croatian: га̑нџа, gȃndža, га̏нџа, gȁndža
- → Spanish: ganya
Translations
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Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably borrowed from English ganja, from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ganja (uncountable)
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ganja (slang)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of ganja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ganja | ganjat | |
genitive | ganjan | ganjojen | |
partitive | ganjaa | ganjoja | |
illative | ganjaan | ganjoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ganja | ganjat | |
accusative | nom. | ganja | ganjat |
gen. | ganjan | ||
genitive | ganjan | ganjojen ganjain rare | |
partitive | ganjaa | ganjoja | |
inessive | ganjassa | ganjoissa | |
elative | ganjasta | ganjoista | |
illative | ganjaan | ganjoihin | |
adessive | ganjalla | ganjoilla | |
ablative | ganjalta | ganjoilta | |
allative | ganjalle | ganjoille | |
essive | ganjana | ganjoina | |
translative | ganjaksi | ganjoiksi | |
abessive | ganjatta | ganjoitta | |
instructive | — | ganjoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
[edit]Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Malay ganja, from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Noun
[edit]ganja (first-person possessive ganjaku, second-person possessive ganjamu, third-person possessive ganjanya)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Javanese ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗ (ganja) and Sundanese [Term?], from Old Javanese gañja.
Noun
[edit]ganja (first-person possessive ganjaku, second-person possessive ganjamu, third-person possessive ganjanya)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Madurese [Term?].
Adjective
[edit]ganja
- A teenager's voice as it becomes heavier during puberty
Further reading
[edit]- “ganja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ganja
- Romanization of ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗ
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ganja (Jawi spelling ݢنجا, informal 1st possessive ganjaku, 2nd possessive ganjamu, 3rd possessive ganjanya)
Descendants
[edit]- Indonesian: ganja (“marijuana”)
Further reading
[edit]- “ganja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
- Hyphenation: gan‧ja
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Kimbundu nganji.
Noun
[edit]ganja f (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Noun
[edit]ganja f (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)
- (slang) marijuana
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:canábis
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ganja (n class, plural ganja)
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ganja (definite accusative ganjayı, plural ganjalar)
Declension
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Definite accusative | ganjayı | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ganja | ganjalar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ganjayı | ganjaları | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | ganjaya | ganjalara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ganjada | ganjalarda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ganjadan | ganjalardan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ganjanın | ganjaların | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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