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Ganja

3 stages from Sanskrit to English.

Today it means marijuana, especially in its dried, smokable form
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Stage 1 of 3
ganjika
Sanskrit · ancient
"cannabis plant"
an early name for the cannabis plant
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Stage 2 of 3
ganja
Hindi · medieval
"cannabis"
kept as the common name for the plant and its dried flowers
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Stage 3 of 3
ganja
English · 1800s
"marijuana"
adopted through British colonial contact in India and later Jamaican usage
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