ganja

noun

gan·​ja ˈgän-jə  ˈgan- 

: a potent and selected preparation of marijuana used especially for smoking

broadly : marijuana

Examples of ganja in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just over the Wisconsin state line, there is an Upper Peninsula dispensary that offers the ease of a drive-thru option to buy ganja. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 7 July 2025

Cannabis is a plant also known as marijuana, weed, pot, ganja, Mary Jane, Smoochy Woochy Poochy and a whole host of other names. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 Feb. 2026

Confetti, and the smell of celebratory ganja in downtown Oakland, ensued. — Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2023

The men and women under his employ were a rag-tag gang of dreamers and drifters, brought together by a love for adventure, a disdain for the society that had thrown their friends away in Vietnam, and a desire to spread the gospel of ganja. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2026

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Hindi gā̃jā & Urdu gānjā "hemp, hemp flower buds," going back to Sanskrit gañjā "hemp," of uncertain origin

First Known Use

1689, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

ganja

noun

gan·​ja ˈgän-jə  ˈgan- 

: a potent preparation of marijuana used especially for smoking

broadly : marijuana