ganja

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Alternative forms

ganga, gunja
gunga, gunjah (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”). First use appears c. 1800.

Pronunciation

(India) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒɑ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæn.dʒə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.d͡ʒə/

Noun

ganja (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)

(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

Descendants

→ 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

slang for marijuana

Afrikaans: ganja
Bengali: গাঁজা (bn) (gãja)
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 (kan sā)
Malay: ganja (ms)
Malayalam: കഞ്ചാവ് (ml) (kañcāvŭ)
Nepali: गाँजा (ne) (gā̃jā)
Portuguese: ganja f, ganza (pt) 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: گَانْجَا m (gānjā)
Vietnamese: cần sa (vi)

Anagrams

Jagan

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Etymology

Probably borrowed from English ganja, from Hindi गांजा (gāñjā), ultimately from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.dʒa/

Noun

ganja (uncountable)

(Cape Afrikaans) weed, marijuana

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑndʒɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝n.dʒɑ̝]
IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑnjɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝njɑ̝]
Rhymes: -ɑndʒɑ

Noun

ganja (slang)

ganja

Declension

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Inflection of ganja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		ganja	ganjat
genitive		ganjan	ganjojen
partitive		ganjaa	ganjoja
illative		ganjaan	ganjoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		ganja	ganjat
accusative	nom.	ganja	ganjat
accusative	gen.	ganjan	ganjat
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.

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Possessive forms of ganja (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ganjani	ganjani
accusative	nom.	ganjani	ganjani
accusative	gen.	ganjani	ganjani
genitive		ganjani	ganjojeni ganjaini ^rare
partitive		ganjaani	ganjojani
inessive		ganjassani	ganjoissani
elative		ganjastani	ganjoistani
illative		ganjaani	ganjoihini
adessive		ganjallani	ganjoillani
ablative		ganjaltani	ganjoiltani
allative		ganjalleni	ganjoilleni
essive		ganjanani	ganjoinani
translative		ganjakseni	ganjoikseni
abessive		ganjattani	ganjoittani
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ganjoineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ganjasi	ganjasi
accusative	nom.	ganjasi	ganjasi
accusative	gen.	ganjasi	ganjasi
genitive		ganjasi	ganjojesi ganjaisi ^rare
partitive		ganjaasi	ganjojasi
inessive		ganjassasi	ganjoissasi
elative		ganjastasi	ganjoistasi
illative		ganjaasi	ganjoihisi
adessive		ganjallasi	ganjoillasi
ablative		ganjaltasi	ganjoiltasi
allative		ganjallesi	ganjoillesi
essive		ganjanasi	ganjoinasi
translative		ganjaksesi	ganjoiksesi
abessive		ganjattasi	ganjoittasi
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ganjoinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ganjamme	ganjamme
accusative	nom.	ganjamme	ganjamme
accusative	gen.	ganjamme	ganjamme
genitive		ganjamme	ganjojemme ganjaimme ^rare
partitive		ganjaamme	ganjojamme
inessive		ganjassamme	ganjoissamme
elative		ganjastamme	ganjoistamme
illative		ganjaamme	ganjoihimme
adessive		ganjallamme	ganjoillamme
ablative		ganjaltamme	ganjoiltamme
allative		ganjallemme	ganjoillemme
essive		ganjanamme	ganjoinamme
translative		ganjaksemme	ganjoiksemme
abessive		ganjattamme	ganjoittamme
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ganjoinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ganjanne	ganjanne
accusative	nom.	ganjanne	ganjanne
accusative	gen.	ganjanne	ganjanne
genitive		ganjanne	ganjojenne ganjainne ^rare
partitive		ganjaanne	ganjojanne
inessive		ganjassanne	ganjoissanne
elative		ganjastanne	ganjoistanne
illative		ganjaanne	ganjoihinne
adessive		ganjallanne	ganjoillanne
ablative		ganjaltanne	ganjoiltanne
allative		ganjallenne	ganjoillenne
essive		ganjananne	ganjoinanne
translative		ganjaksenne	ganjoiksenne
abessive		ganjattanne	ganjoittanne
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ganjoinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		ganjansa	ganjansa
accusative	nom.	ganjansa	ganjansa
accusative	gen.	ganjansa	ganjansa
genitive		ganjansa	ganjojensa ganjainsa ^rare
partitive		ganjaansa	ganjojaan ganjojansa
inessive		ganjassaan ganjassansa	ganjoissaan ganjoissansa
elative		ganjastaan ganjastansa	ganjoistaan ganjoistansa
illative		ganjaansa	ganjoihinsa
adessive		ganjallaan ganjallansa	ganjoillaan ganjoillansa
ablative		ganjaltaan ganjaltansa	ganjoiltaan ganjoiltansa
allative		ganjalleen ganjallensa	ganjoilleen ganjoillensa
essive		ganjanaan ganjanansa	ganjoinaan ganjoinansa
translative		ganjakseen ganjaksensa	ganjoikseen ganjoiksensa
abessive		ganjattaan ganjattansa	ganjoittaan ganjoittansa
instructive		—	—
comitative		—	ganjoineen ganjoinensa

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Synonyms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.d͡ʒa]
Hyphenation: gan‧ja

Etymology 1

From Malay ganja, from Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Noun

ganja

marijuana
Synonym: mariyuana

Derived terms

mengganja

Etymology 2

From Javanese ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗ (ganja) and Sundanese [Term?], from Old Javanese gañja.

Noun

ganja

(dialect) top (of a kris)
(dialect) top (of a kujang)

Synonyms

mal

Etymology 3

From Madurese [Term?].

Adjective

ganja

A teenager's voice as it becomes heavier during puberty

Romanization

ganja

Romanization of ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗ

Etymology

From Sanskrit गञ्जा (gañjā, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɡan.d͡ʒa]

Noun

ganja (Jawi spelling ݢنجا, informal 1st possessive ganjaku, 2nd possessive ganjamu, 3rd possessive ganjanya)

marijuana

Descendants

Indonesian: ganja (“marijuana”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.ʒɐ/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
Hyphenation: gan‧ja

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu nganji.

Noun

ganja f (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)

(Brazil, slang) arrogance or vanity

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ganja f (usually uncountable, plural ganjas)

(slang) marijuana
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:canábis

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Noun

ganja class IX (plural ganja class X)

marijuana
Synonym: bangi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɑnˈʒɑ/
IPA^(key): /ɡɑnˈdʒɑ/
Rhymes: -ʒɑ, -dʒɑ

Noun

ganja (definite accusative ganjayı, plural ganjalar)

(slang) ganja

Declension

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Inflection

Nominative

ganja

Definite accusative

ganjayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

ganja

ganjalar

Definite accusative

ganjayı

ganjaları

Dative

ganjaya

ganjalara

Locative

ganjada

ganjalarda

Ablative

ganjadan

ganjalardan

Genitive

ganjanın

ganjaların

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjam	ganjalarım
2nd singular	ganjan	ganjaların
3rd singular	ganjası	ganjaları
1st plural	ganjamız	ganjalarımız
2nd plural	ganjanız	ganjalarınız
3rd plural	ganjaları	ganjaları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjamı	ganjalarımı
2nd singular	ganjanı	ganjalarını
3rd singular	ganjasını	ganjalarını
1st plural	ganjamızı	ganjalarımızı
2nd plural	ganjanızı	ganjalarınızı
3rd plural	ganjalarını	ganjalarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjama	ganjalarıma
2nd singular	ganjana	ganjalarına
3rd singular	ganjasına	ganjalarına
1st plural	ganjamıza	ganjalarımıza
2nd plural	ganjanıza	ganjalarınıza
3rd plural	ganjalarına	ganjalarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjamda	ganjalarımda
2nd singular	ganjanda	ganjalarında
3rd singular	ganjasında	ganjalarında
1st plural	ganjamızda	ganjalarımızda
2nd plural	ganjanızda	ganjalarınızda
3rd plural	ganjalarında	ganjalarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjamdan	ganjalarımdan
2nd singular	ganjandan	ganjalarından
3rd singular	ganjasından	ganjalarından
1st plural	ganjamızdan	ganjalarımızdan
2nd plural	ganjanızdan	ganjalarınızdan
3rd plural	ganjalarından	ganjalarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	ganjamın	ganjalarımın
2nd singular	ganjanın	ganjalarının
3rd singular	ganjasının	ganjalarının
1st plural	ganjamızın	ganjalarımızın
2nd plural	ganjanızın	ganjalarınızın
3rd plural	ganjalarının	ganjalarının

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