Meanings
nounhashish (usually uncountable, plural hashishes)
plural hashishes · alternative rare hasheesh · alternative archaic haschisch
- uncountableusuallyThe leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
You know hasheesh is the extract of hemp?
1875, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 4, in Eight Cousins1 more example
Coyly at first, but less guardedly as we grew bolder, we smoked the forbidden weed "Hashísh," conversing lengthily the while about that world of which I had seen so much.
1855, Sir Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah, Dover, published 1964, page 44 - slanguncountableusuallyMarijuana generally.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounpurified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Arabicحَشِيش
- Arabicحَشِيش
- Englishhashish
Borrowed from Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَشِيش
- حَشِيش (ḥašīš)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Bengali ভাং, গাঁজা
- ভাং (bhaṅ)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- গাঁজা (gãja)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Bulgarian хаши́ш
- хаши́ш (hašíš)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Catalan haixix, haixix
- haixixdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- haixixcannabis extract
Chinese Mandarin 大麻, 哈希什
- 大麻 (dàmá)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- 哈希什 (hāxīshí)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- 印度大麻 (Yìndù dàmá)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Czech hašiš
- hašišdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Danish hashish, hash
- hashishdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hashdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Dutch hasj, hasjiesj
- hasjdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hasjiesjdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Esperanto haŝiŝo
- haŝiŝodried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Estonian hašiš
- hašišdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Finnish marihuana, hasis
- marihuanadried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hasisdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hasiscannabis extract
French haschich, haschisch
- haschichdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- haschischdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hachischdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- hachichdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
German Haschisch, Hasch
- Haschischdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- Haschdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Greek χασίσι
- χασίσι (chasísi)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Hebrew חֲשִׁישׁ
- חֲשִׁישׁ (khashísh)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Hindi हशीश
- हशीश (haśīś)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Hungarian hasis
- hasisdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Icelandic hass
- hassdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Indonesian hasyis
- hasyisdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Irish haisis
- haisisdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Italian hascish
- hascishdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Japanese ハシシ, 大麻
- ハシシ (hashishi)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- 大麻 (taima)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Korean 해시시, 대마
- 해시시 (haesisi)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- 대마 (daema)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Latvian hašišs
- hašišsdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Lithuanian hašišas
- hašišasdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Malay hasyisy, ganja
- hasyisydried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- ganjadried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Norwegian hasj
- hasjdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Persian حشیش, بنگ
- حشیش (hašiš)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- بنگ (bang)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Polish haszysz, haszysz
- haszyszdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- haszyszcannabis extract
Portuguese haxixe
- haxixedried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Romanian hașiș
- hașișdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Russian гаши́ш, анаша́
- гаши́ш (gašíš)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- анаша́ (anašá)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Slovak hašiš
- hašišdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Spanish hachís, kif
- hachísdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- kifdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Swahili hashishi
- hashishidried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Swedish haschisch, hasch
- haschischdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- haschdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Tamil கஞ்சா
- கஞ்சா (kañcā)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Thai กัญชา
- กัญชา (gan-chaa)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Turkish haşhaş, esrar
- haşhaşdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- esrardried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- kubarcannabis extract
Ukrainian гаши́ш
- гаши́ш (hašýš)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Urdu حشیش
- حشیش (haśīś)dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Vietnamese hasit, cần sa
- hasitdried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
- cần sadried leaves of the Indian hemp plant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hashish
nicheleashunleashficheLaoissheeshquichecornichepasticheguichebabichebaksheeshcoppisheeshjeeshLaoighisLeixtreesh
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
hashish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hashish
MLA
“hashish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hashish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hashish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hashish.
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