Etymology

dagga

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Today it means: Indian hemp, Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, or a similar plant of the species Leonotis leonurus. Full definition →

Afrikaans dagga ← Khoekhoe daxab
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dagga · noun1

  1. Khoekhoe · derived fromdaxab
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdagga
  3. English todaydagga

Borrowed from Afrikaans dagga, from Khoekhoe daxab.

dagga · noun2

  1. Shona · derived fromdhaka
  2. English todaydagga

From Shona dhaka.

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