bhang
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English
Etymology
Transliteration of Hindustani بھانگ / भाँग (bhāṅg).
Pronunciation
Noun
bhang (uncountable)
- (India, Kenya, Uganda, elsewhere slang) Cannabis and preparations thereof.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36:
- Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, page 101:
- He rolled out from under Zelikman, who looked surprised as if by the turn his bhang dream had taken.
- 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 13:
- Government-approved bhang shops thrive next to sweet shops flaunting rows of local desserts inside brightly lit, glass-panelled counters.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36:
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Irish
Noun
bhang
- Lenited form of bang.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bhang | bhhang | mbhang |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||