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==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|sa|भञ्ज्}}
{{translit|en|inc-hnd}} {{m|ur|بھانگ}}  / {{m|hi|भाँग}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/bæŋ/|/baŋ/}}
* {{rhymes|en|æŋ|s=1}}
* {{homophone|en|bang}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{tlb|en|India|Kenya|Uganda|elsewhere|_|slang}} [[cannabis|Cannabis]] and preparations thereof.
#* '''1919,''' [[w:Ronald Firbank|Ronald Firbank]], ''[[w:Valmouth|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.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author={{w|Michael Chabon}}|title=Gentlemen of the Road|publisher=Sceptre 2008|page=101|passage=He rolled out from under Zelikman, who looked surprised as if by the turn his '''bhang''' dream had taken.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2023|author=Radhika Iyengar|title=Fire on the Ganges|publisher=Fourth Estate|page=13
|passage=Government-approved '''bhang''' shops thrive next to sweet shops flaunting rows of local desserts inside brightly lit, glass-panelled counters.}}

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|bang|bangue}}

====Derived terms====
* [[bhang lassi]]
* [[bhangmeter]]

{{C|en|Marijuana}}
[[Category:Names for marijuana]]

==Irish==

===Noun===
{{head|ga|mutated noun}}

# {{ga-lenition of|bang}}

===Mutation===
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