![]() It may be named after an AK-47 assault rifle due to its gunpowder smell and potency, or because the letters "AK" are the initials of the breeder and 47 is the number of days from planting to harvest. Industry trade name for sativa-dominant hybrid strain. A 2022 study in PLOS One, drawing data from almost 90,000 samples from six US states, representing the largest quantitative chemical mapping of commercial dispensary-grade cannabis flower samples to date, found that “commercial labels do not consistently align with the observed chemical diversity.” In other words, many strain names do not necessarily reflect the actual cannabinoid content or its perceived effects. See also: Cannabis cultivation and Cannabis industry Three strain varieties at a recreational dispensary in Denver, ColoradoĬommercial cannabis growers and retailers have given individual strains more than 2,300 names. Yerok is literal translation for the color green and Yerek is literal translation for the word vegetables in Hebrew. Also found as šahrānaŷ, šahdanaq, šādānaq, sedeneghi, shedenegi. įrom Persian origins, meaning approximately "the King of Grains" / "the Sultan of all seeds" used to refer to seeded tops of cannabis and hemp plants in the Mediterranean region and particularly Al-Andalus. The term has a complex etymology, derived from western Central African slaves (notably, the Kimbundu word riamba/ mariamba) transformed through Caribbean and South American influences info mariguana, later marihuana and marijuana. Hemp is recorded in the Book of Documents. Má, a Chinese name for hemp, predates written history and has been used to describe medical marijuana since at least 2700 BCE. ![]() Īn ancient Akkadian name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). Russian derives from proto-Indo-European or proto-Kartvelian. Īn ancient Arabic name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). : 450Īn ancient Greek name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). Malayalam from the Dravidian root "kan" (eye), which can also refer to nipples, star on a peacock's tail, and buds. Īlphonse de Candolle described hashish as an "environmental material" he included the Egyptians of the 18th century primarily cultivating cannabis for hashish in his list of places where the plant (which he primarily saw as a textile producer) was not popular. Also "assis", per Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. The dictionary definition of chanvre at Wiktionary.Īrabic. The dictionary definition of cannabis at Wiktionary.įrench Alphonse de Candolle, the first authority on cultivated plants, wrote that like all other modern terms for cannabis, "chanvre" ultimately derives from proto-Indo-European "ang". Dried preparations of the plant are also called ganja, one of the oldest and most commonly used synonyms for marijuana. Assigned in the mid-eighteenth century, cannabis and hemp describe the entire cannabis plant for all its uses. The dictionary definition of canapa at Wiktionary.Įnglish botanical name. Italian an 1894 Italian botany study of the plant notes the word has the same etymology as the French "chanvre". The dictionary definition of cáñamo at Wiktionary. Originally, also poetically used to refer to objects made of hemp. Spanish, from Greek "kánnabos" and Andalusi Romance "quinnam". Note: Bhangi is also a Hindi term for a person who uses bhang. The dictionary definition of bhang at Wiktionary.Īn ancient Sanskrit name originating before the 5th century (400 CE). The Bhangmeter, a type of radiometer, is named as a pun on "Bhang". In American English it may refer to hemp or a tea made from hemp that is either drunk or smoked. Used in British English, it can also be spelt "bang", and retains much of the original meaning. Garcia de Orta recorded the name as "bangue", as did Jan Huyghen van Linschoten. Hindi, sixteenth century, from Sanskrit "bhaṅgáḥ", "bhaṅgā" ( see below). Differently, "k(h)an-" indicates singing/making a sound. The Proto-Indo-European stem for hemp/ cannabis sativa, "san-" and "kan-" or "gan-", existed prior to the 5th century (400 CE). It is more recent than the proto-Indo-European stem. Formal names Ganja, a common English synonym for marijuana written in graffiti in Spain Nameįorms used in Al-Andalus, including but not limited to: al-quinnab, al-qinnab al-barrī, qinnab al-barrīyya, al-qinnab al-hindī, al-qinnab al-bustānī, qinnab rūmī Ī Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Semitic root from which the words for cannabis in "all modern languages" derive, per Alphonse de Candolle. ![]() ![]() The first recorded name for cannabis is the Chinese 麻 (má), which is prehistoric. This list is not exhaustive it includes well-attested names. Additionally, there are many names to describe the state of being under the influence of the substance. Cannabis has many different names, including more than 1,200 slang terms, and more than 2,300 names for individual strains.
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