bhang

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English

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Etymology

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Transliteration of Hindustani بھانگ / भाँग (bhāṅg).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bhang (uncountable)

  1. (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.

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Irish

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Noun

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bhang

  1. Lenited form of bang.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of bhang
radical lenition eclipsis
bhang bhhang mbhang

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.