Which language is Marijuana?

Question

I know Ganja is Hindi.

Answer 1

Spanish.

Answer 2

Boom has no language - no barriers. Ask MJ.

Answer 3

ispanjol

Answer 4

The origin of the word marijuana is not known but it appears to be the Spanish name for Maria and Juana (Mary and Jane). (1)

Answer 5

1918, alt. by influence of Sp. proper name Maria Juana "Mary Jane" from mariguan (1894), from Mex.Sp. marihuana, of uncertain origin.

    "Marijuana ... makes you sensitive. Courtesy has a great deal to do with being sensitive. Unfortunately marijuana makes you the kind of sensitive where you insist on everyone listening to the drum solo in Iron Butterfly's 'In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida' fifty or sixty times." [P.J. O'Rourke, "Modern Manners," 1983]

So it seems of Mexican Spanish origin

Answer 6

It is Spanish.

The correct spelling is marihuana.

Answer 7

its spanish,

the giveaway is the j being pronounced as a h.

Answer 8

Prison slang, probably a Spanish derivetive.

Answer 9

CC - seems to be correct :The origin of the word marijuana is not known but it appears to be the Spanish name for Maria and Juana (Mary and Jane). hence also known as Mary Jane

Ganja is also not a mainstream Hindi word , but also a slang as it was refered to as Ghanjika in Sanskrit.

I guess most of the names associated with it are slangs and the origins not entirely known.

Answer 10

French (http://www.dictionary.com)

Czech: marihuana

Danish: marihuana

Dutch: marihuana

Estonian: marihuaana

Finnish: marihuana

French: marijuana

German: das Marihuana

Greek: μαριχουάνα

Hungarian: marihuána

Icelandic: maríúana, gras

Indonesian: ganja

Italian: marijuana

Latvian: marihuana

Lithuanian: marihuana

Norwegian: marihuana, hasj

Polish: marihuana

Portuguese (Brazil): maconha

Portuguese (Portugal): maconha

Romanian: marijuana

Russian: марихуана

Slovak: marihuana

Slovenian: marihuana

Spanish: marihuana

Swedish: marijuana