different between hemp vs hashish

English

Etymology

From Middle English hemp, hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, from Old English henep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)

1. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
2. Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

Derived terms

• hempen
• hempish
• hemplike
• hempy

See also

• cannabis
• marijuana
• ganja
• bhang
• THC

Translations

Anagrams

• meph

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþij?. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish ????? (hemd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mp/

Noun

hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)

1. shirt
   • 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.

Usage notes

• Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Northern Sotho: hempe
• ? Phuthi: ihhempe
• ? Shona: hembe
• ? Sotho: hempe
• ? Southern Ndebele: irhembe
• ? Tswana: hêmpê
• ? Venda: hemmbe
• ? Xhosa: ihempe
• ? Zulu: ihembe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, henppe

Etymology

From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek ???????? (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?mp/, /?h?n(?)p/

Noun

hemp (uncountable)

1. Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
2. Hempen fibre or products made of it.

Derived terms

• hempen

Descendants

• English: hemp
• Scots: hemp, hempt

References

• “hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.

English

Alternative forms

• hasheesh

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?aš?š, “hay, dried herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h???i??/, /hæ??i??/, /?hæ???/

Noun

hashish (usually uncountable, plural hashishes)

1. The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
   • 1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover 1964, p. 44:

     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.

   • 1876: Louisa May Alcott, Eight Cousins

     You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?

2. A cannabis extract.
3. (slang) Marijuana generally.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:marijuana

Related terms

• hash

Translations

Anagrams

• Sha-shih, shishah

Italian

Alternative forms

• hascisc, hascisc', ascisc, ascisc'

Etymology

Transliteration of Arabic ??????? (?aš?š, “hay, dried herb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.?i??/, (traditional) /a???i??/
• Hyphenation: ha?shìsh

Noun

hashish m (invariable)

1. hashish

References

• hashish in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana