गञ्जा

See also: गञ्ज

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• (tavern): गुञ्जा (guñjā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গঞ্জা (Assamese script)
• ᬕᬜ᭄ᬚᬵ (Balinese script)
• গঞ্জা (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰗𑰿𑰕𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဂဉ္ဇာ (Burmese script)
• ગઞ્જા (Gujarati script)
• ਗਞ੍ਜਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑌞𑍍𑌜𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦚ꧀ꦗꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂖𑂹𑂔𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಗಞ್ಜಾ (Kannada script)
• គញ្ជា (Khmer script)
• ຄຎ຺ຊາ (Lao script)
• ഗഞ്ജാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠠᠨᡳᠶᡯᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘗𑘿𑘕𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠠᡛᠽᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑦷𑧠𑦵𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑐘𑑂𑐖𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଗଞ୍ଜା (Odia script)
• ꢔꢛ꣄ꢙꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆚𑇀𑆘𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖗𑖿𑖕𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ගඤ‍්ජා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩥 𑪙𑩣𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚓𑚶𑚑𑚭 (Takri script)
• க³ஞ்ஜா (Tamil script)
• గఞ్జా (Telugu script)
• คญฺชา (Thai script)
• ག་ཉྫཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒘𑓂𑒖𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨓𑩇𑨥𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to गृञ्ज (gṛñja, “type of plant”), गृञ्जन (gṛñjana, “turnip”), गार्जर (gārjara, “carrot”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐɲ.d͡ʑɑː/

Noun

गञ्जा • (gañjā) stem, f

1. tavern
2. drinking-vessel (especially one for intoxicating liquors)
3. hemp
4. hut, hovel, abode of low people (पामरसद्मन् (pāmara-sadman))
5. cowhouse, shed
6. mine
7. written for गुञ्जा (guñjā) (Abrus precatorius)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of गञ्जा
Nom. sg.	गञ्जा (gañjā)
Gen. sg.	गञ्जायाः (gañjāyāḥ)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गञ्जा (gañjā)	गञ्जे (gañje)	गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ)
Vocative	गञ्जे (gañje)	गञ्जे (gañje)	गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ)
Accusative	गञ्जाम् (gañjām)	गञ्जे (gañje)	गञ्जाः (gañjāḥ)
Instrumental	गञ्जया (gañjayā)	गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām)	गञ्जाभिः (gañjābhiḥ)
Dative	गञ्जायै (gañjāyai)	गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām)	गञ्जाभ्यः (gañjābhyaḥ)
Ablative	गञ्जायाः (gañjāyāḥ)	गञ्जाभ्याम् (gañjābhyām)	गञ्जाभ्यः (gañjābhyaḥ)
Genitive	गञ्जायाः (gañjāyāḥ)	गञ्जयोः (gañjayoḥ)	गञ्जानाम् (gañjānām)
Locative	गञ्जायाम् (gañjāyām)	गञ्जयोः (gañjayoḥ)	गञ्जासु (gañjāsu)

Related terms

• गगनगञ्ज (gagana-gañja)
• धर्मगञ्ज (dhárma-gañja)

Descendants

• Bengali: গাঁজা (gãja)
• Gujarati: ગાંજો (gā̃jo)
• Hindustani:
  • Hindi: गांजा (gāñjā), गाँजा (gāñjā) (see there for further descendants)
  • Urdu: گَانْجَا (gānjā)
• Nepali: गाँजा (gā̃jā)
• → Indonesian: ganja
• → Kannada: ಗಾಂಜಾ (gāñjā)
• → Khmer: កញ្ឆា (kɑñchaa)
• → Lao: ກັນຊາ (kan sā)
• → Malay: ganja
• → Punjabi:
  • Gurmukhi script: ਗਾਂਜਾ (gāñjā)
  • Shahmukhi script: گَانْجَا (gānjā)
• → Tamil: கஞ்சா (kañcā), கஞ்சாவை (kañcāvai)
• → Malayalam: കഞ്ചാവ് (kañcāvŭ), ഗഞ്ജ (gañja), ഗഞ്ജാവ് (gañjāvŭ) — tatsama
• → Telugu: గంజాయి (gañjāyi)
• → Thai: กัญชา (gan-chaa)
• → Vietnamese: cần sa

See also

• गञ्जवर (gañjavara, “treasurer”) (borrowed from Old Persian, not derived from गञ्जा (gañjā))

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गञ्जा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0342.

Further reading

• Abrus precatorius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Abrus precatorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies