حشيش

See also: حشیش‎ and خسیس‎

Arabic

Etymology

From ح ش ش‎ (ḥ-š-š).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/

Noun

حَشِيش • (ḥašīš) m, collective, singulative حَشِيشَة‎ f (ḥašīša), plural حَشَائِش‎ (ḥašāʔiš)

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • حَشَّاش‎ (ḥaššāš)
  • حَشَّاشِين‎ (ḥaššāšīn)

Descendants

  • Maltese: ħaxix
Borrowings

See also

  • تِبْن‎ (tibn)
  • دَرِيس‎ (darīs)
  • جَفِيف‎ (jafīf)

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ش ش‎

Etymology

From Arabic حَشِيش‎ (ḥašīš).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ʃiːʃ/, [ħaˈʃiːʃ]
  • (file)

Noun

حشيش • (ḥašīš) m, collective, singulative حشيشة‎ f (ḥašīše)

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