benj C2+ Topic:Register & Style US /bɛndʒ/ UK /bɛndʒ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun dialectal name for henbane or, in slang, marijuana used as an intoxicant The old herbalist warned the boys never to chew the benj growing by the ditch. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · dialectal name for henbane... henbanecannabishashish Word family Related forms bhang Etymology AI details A variant of bhang, from Hindi/Urdu bhāng, from Sanskrit bhaṅgā ('hemp, cannabis'). bhāng Hindi bhaṅgā Sanskrit View etymology graph -> Topics Register & Style General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # benj **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /bɛndʒ/ **IPA (UK):** /bɛndʒ/ ## Meanings 1. dialectal name for henbane or, in slang, marijuana used as an intoxicant ## Examples - The old herbalist warned the boys never to chew the benj growing by the ditch. ## Synonyms - henbane - cannabis - hashish ## Related Forms - bhang ## Roots and Affixes - Root: bhāng - Root: bhaṅgā ## Etymology A variant of bhang, from Hindi/Urdu bhāng, from Sanskrit bhaṅgā ('hemp, cannabis'). ## AI Etymology Benj is a variant of bhang, from Hindi/Urdu bhāng, from Sanskrit bhaṅgā ('hemp, cannabis'). Important recorded forms include bhāng (Hindi) and bhaṅgā (Sanskrit). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers dialectal name for henbane or, in slang, marijuana used as an intoxicant. The wider family includes related words such as bhang. ## Topics - Register & Style - General Vocabulary markdown