गञ्जा
See also: गञ्ज
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- (tavern): गुञ्जा (guñjā)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- গঞ্জা (Assamese script)
- ᬕᬜ᭄ᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
- গঞ্জা (Bengali script)
- 𑰐𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀕𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဂဉ္ဇာ (Burmese script)
- ગઞ્જા (Gujarati script)
- ਗਞ੍ਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌗𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂏𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಗಞ್ಜಾ (Kannada script)
- គញ្ជា (Khmer script)
- ຄຎ຺ຊາ (Lao script)
- ഗഞ്ജാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡤᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘐𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠺᠠᡛᠽᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦰𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐐𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଗଞ୍ଜା (Odia script)
- ꢔꢛ꣄ꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆓𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖐𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ගඤ්ජා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩞𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚌𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
- க³ஞ்ஜா (Tamil script)
- గఞ్జా (Telugu script)
- คญฺชา (Thai script)
- ག་ཉྫཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒑𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨍𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps related to गृञ्ज (gṛñja, “type of plant”), गृञ्जन (gṛñjana, “turnip”), गार्जर (gārjara, “carrot”).[1]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɑː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɑː/
Noun
गञ्जा • (gañjā) stem, f
- tavern
- drinking-vessel (especially one for intoxicating liquors)
- hemp
- hut, hovel, abode of low people (पामरसद्मन् (pāmara-sadman))
- cowhouse, shed
- mine
- written for गुञ्जा (guñjā) (Abrus precatorius)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | गञ्जा (gañjā) | गञ्जे (gañje) | गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ) |
| accusative | गञ्जाम् (gañjām) | गञ्जे (gañje) | गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ) |
| instrumental | गञ्जया (gañjayā) | गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām) | गञ्जाभिः (gañjābhiḥ) |
| dative | गञ्जायै (gañjāyai) | गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām) | गञ्जाभ्यः (gañjābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | गञ्जायाः (gañjāyāḥ) | गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām) | गञ्जाभ्यः (gañjābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | गञ्जायाः (gañjāyāḥ) | गञ्जयोः (gañjayoḥ) | गञ्जानाम् (gañjānām) |
| locative | गञ्जायाम् (gañjāyām) | गञ्जयोः (gañjayoḥ) | गञ्जासु (gañjāsu) |
| vocative | गञ्जे (gañje) | गञ्जे (gañje) | गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ) |
Related terms
- गगनगञ्ज (gagana-gañja)
- धर्मगञ्ज (dhárma-gañja)
Descendants
- Bengali: গাঁজা (gãja)
- Gujarati: ગાંજો (gā̃jo)
- Hindustani:
- Nepali: गाँजा (gā̃jā)
- → Indonesian: ganja
- → Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (gāñjā)
- → Khmer: កញ្ឆា (kɑñchaa)
- → Lao: ກັນຊາ (kan sā)
- → Malay: ganja
- → Punjabi:
- → Tamil: கஞ்சா (kañcā)
- → Malayalam: കഞ്ചാവ് (kañcāvŭ), ഗഞ്ജ (gañja), ഗഞ്ജാവ് (gañjāvŭ) — tatsama
- → Telugu: గంజాయి (gañjāyi)
- → Thai: กัญชา (gan-chaa)
- → Vietnamese: cần sa
See also
- गञ्जवर (gañjavara, “treasurer”) (borrowed from Old Persian, not derived from गञ्जा (gañjā))
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “गञ्जा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.
- ^ “ganja”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Abrus precatorius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Abrus precatorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies