Bhang

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /baÅ‹/
• US IPA: /bæŋ/

Origin

From Hindi भांग and Urdu بھانگ, from Sanskrit भङ्ग.

Full definition of bhang

Noun

1. Cannabis, especially as used in the Indian subcontinent.
• 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre 2008, p. 101:He rolled out from under Zelikman, who looked surprised as if by the turn his bhang dream had taken.
• 1919, Ronald Firbank, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 36Almost from the outset of her arrival in the town, soft-muted music, the strange, heart-rending, mournful music of the East - suggestive of apes, and pearls, and bhang, and the colour blue - was to be heard, surging from the Nook in monotonous improvisation.