how would you say Marijuana or hemp in russian-- WHAT WOULD IT SOUND LIKE IN ENG

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06:19 Mar 16, 2002

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English term or phrase: how would you say Marijuana or hemp in russian-- WHAT WOULD IT SOUND LIKE IN ENG

just wanted to know all the rregular terms for Marijuana in russian-- or actually what they sound like in english-- and slang also if possible?

graham

Russian translation:.

Explanation:
Slang terms for Marijuana:

анаша [anasha]
бошки [boshki]
гандж [gandzh]
дурь [dur] - NB: palatalized "r"
дым [dym]
жареха [zharyoha]
конопа [konopa]
конопель [konopel] - NB: palatalized "l"
маняга [manyaga]
марго [margo]
маруся [marusya]
маруха [maruha]
молоко [moloko]
план [plan] - NB: here and below "a" as "u" in "cup"
пласт [plast]
пластилин [plastilin]
табакерка [tabakerka]
трава [trava]
травка [tarvka]
шала [shala]
шишки [shyshki]
шмаль [shmal] - NB: palatalized "l"

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Note added at 2002-03-16 13:03:02 (GMT)
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Regular term - марихуана [marikhuana]

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Note added at 2002-03-16 13:10:33 (GMT)
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Some corrections with pronunciation:

анаша [anasha] - NB: here and below \"a\" as \"u\" in \"cup\"
бошки [boshki]
гандж [gandzh]
дурь [dur] - NB: palatalized \"r\"
дым [dym]
жареха [zharyokha]
конопа [konopa]
конопель [konopel] - NB: palatalized \"l\"
маняга [manyaga]
марго [margo]
маруся [marusya]
маруха [marukha]
молоко [moloko]
план [plan]
пласт [plast]
пластилин [plastilin]
табакерка [tabakerka]
трава [trava]
травка [travka]
шала [shala]
шишки [shyshki]
шмаль [shmal] - NB: palatalized \"l\"

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Note added at 2002-03-16 15:45:23 (GMT)
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Hemp = конопля [konoplya]

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Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
Local time: 06:02

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5 +11

Nikita Kobrin

5 +5

Марихуана, Конопля (Marikhuana, Konoplya)

Bakytbek

4 +2

Трава, план, гаш, шиш

morion

5 +1

The following range:

Olga Simon

AYP

dur, trava, plastelin, kosyak

MPopov

5 -1

'marikhouana' yes it sounds pretty much the same, and>>

Vladimir Dubisskiy

марихуана, "травка", "дурнота"

Tatiana Neroni (X)

Additions :o)

Natalia Bearden

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

Марихуана, Конопля (Marikhuana, Konoplya)

Explanation:
References: personal experience :)))
100% sure.

Bakytbek
Kazakhstan
Local time: 09:02
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Kazakh
PRO pts in pair: 165

52 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

'marikhouana' yes it sounds pretty much the same, and>>

Explanation:
some "colloquialism":
"trava" трава
or
"travka" травка
or
"dour'" дурь

a joint= 'kosyak' or 'kosyachok' = косяк, косячок

Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
Local time: 22:02
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in pair: 2068

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Трава, план, гаш, шиш

Explanation:
All this stuff is slang

morion
Belarus
Local time: 06:02

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 533

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Araksia Sarkisian: Comprehensive!

1 hr

-> Thanks.

agree

Yuri Geifman: wow, I'm impressed! :-)

1 hr

-> Thanks. Это все пресловутый богатый русский, в который поколение "пепси" активно вносит свой вклад...

agree

xeni (X): It would seem you are an expert!:)))

2 hrs

-> Not really, tried a couple of times and came to the conclusion that vodka is much better… 

agree

Tatiana Neroni (X): Absolutely! And apologies for my answer below - I skipped through your list and didn't see somehow that травка & дурь are already there. Apologies!

4 hrs

-> Never mind. And thank you.

agree

FridaBokh: приятный такой глоссарик

8 hrs

-> Думаю, может помочь в определенных кругах сойти за своего. Если это, конечно, кому-то нужно...

agree

yben: с замечанием - план - это гашиш

9 hrs

-> Согласен. Сейчас только заметил, когда был задан вопрос. Это ж надо, чем люди интересуются ни свет, ни заря...

agree

Ira Parsons

10 hrs

-> Thanks.

agree

Vladimir Filipenko

14 hrs

-> Thank you too.

agree

AYP

15 hrs

-> Thank you very much.

agree

Dash: Очень впечаляет ! )))))

1 day 23 mins

-> Благодарю.

agree

2Val: Just great! Those of Natalia Bearden also matter.

1 day 15 hrs

-> Yes, sure.

7 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

The following range:

Explanation:
Hemp translates into Russian as
1)конопля (just hemp itself)
2)марихуана (marijuana)
3)гашиш (hashish)
4)анаша (slang for marijuana)

Olga Simon
Hungary
Local time: 05:02
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 439

10 hrs confidence:

марихуана, "травка", "дурнота"

Explanation:
Those who smoke pot, will never say "марихуана", they will use one of the above slang versions...

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Note added at 2002-03-16 17:09:51 (GMT)
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ПАРДОН, Никита - не увидела сразу этих вариантов в Вашем списке!

Мой ответ прошу не учитывать.

Tatiana Neroni (X)
PRO pts in pair: 186

23 hrs confidence:

-

Explanation:
Marijuana (Hemp) = гашиш [hashish]; анаша [anasha]; марихуана [marikhuana]; конопля [konoplia]; дурь [dur’]; дурка [durka]; дуреха [duriokha]; травка [trvaka]; план [plan].

Косяк [kosiak], косячок [kosiachok] – cigarette with a hemp.

AYP
Local time: 06:02
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in pair: 188

1 day 14 hrs confidence:

Additions :o)

Explanation:
Let me add синсемилья [sin-seh-MILYA] to the list (complements of BG), джа [dzhah], хэш [khash], дудки [DOOD-kee], зелень [ZEH-len’], мурава [moo-rah-VAH], ганджа [GAN-dzhah], банджа [BAHN-dzhah], бандж [BAHNDZH], ганджубас [GAHN-dzhoo-bahs], косимото [kah-see-MOH-toh], мэриджейн [MEH-ree-DZHEYN], пот [POHT], роуч [ROH-ooch], рифер [REE-fehr], петрушка [peht-ROOSH-kah]
Joint: джойнт [DZHOYNT], косяк [kah-SYAK], ракетa [rah-KEH-tah], штакет [shtah-KEHT], дудкa [DOOD-kah]

Natalia Bearden
Local time: 20:02
PRO pts in pair: 268

7 days confidence:

dur, trava, plastelin, kosyak

Explanation:
Dur - from Russian "durak" (fool). It makes you foolish.
Trava - grass
Plastelin - it's like plastesine, the children's plastic clay stuff
Kosyak - it's the cigarette and it makes your eyes crossed (kosit')

MPopov

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