different between ganja vs hanja

English

Alternative forms

• ganga
• gunga (dated)
• gunjah (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ????? (g?ñj?), ultimately from Sanskrit ????? (gañj?, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• (India) IPA^(key): /???n.d???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??æn.d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???n.d??/

Noun

ganja (uncountable)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana

Derived terms

• ganj
• ganjapreneur
• ganjaism

Translations

Anagrams

• Jagan

Afrikaans

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English ganja, from Hindi ????? (g?ñj?), ultimately from Sanskrit ????? (gañj?, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??an.d?a/

Noun

ganja (uncountable)

1. (Cape Afrikaans) weed, marijuana

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay ganja, from Sanskrit ????? (gañj?, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??an.d??a]
• Hyphenation: gan?ja

Noun

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

1. marijuana

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ????? (gañj?, “hemp”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

1. marijuana

Further reading

• “ganja” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Kimbundu nganji.

Noun

ganja f (plural ganjas)

1. (Brazil, slang) arrogance or vanity

English

Alternative forms

• Hanja

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ??(??) (hanja), from Middle Chinese ?? (MC h?n^H d?z?^H, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).

Compare Cantonese ?? (hon³ zi⁶), Japanese ?? (kanji), Mandarin ?? (hànzì), Vietnamese Hán t?. Doublet of kanji.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?n.d??/, /?h?n.d??/

Noun

hanja (plural hanja)

1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature. Compare hangeul, the Korean phonetic script.

Related terms

• hanjaeo
• hanmun
• hanzi
• kanji
• Hán t?

Translations

Anagrams

• Jahan