حشيش

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See also: حشیش and خسیس

Arabic

Root
ح ش ش (ḥ š š)
2 terms
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Pronunciation

Noun

حَشِيش (ḥašīšm (collective, singulative حَشِيشَة f (ḥašīša), plural حَشَائِش (ḥašāʔiš))

  1. grass, hay
  2. hemp, cannabis
    Synonym: قِنَّاب (qinnāb)
    1. marijuana
    2. hashish

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħaxix
Borrowings

See also

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “حشيش”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 382
  • Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, pages 255–263
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حش”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ح ش ش
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš).

Pronunciation

Noun

حشيش (ḥašīšm (collective, singulative حشيشة f (ḥašīša))

  1. grass
  2. hashish

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ش ش
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Noun

حشيش (ḥašīšm (collective, singulative حشيشة f (ḥašīše))

  1. grass, weeds, herbs
  2. hashish, cannabis