"Ganja" meaning in English

See Ganja in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fa-cls|گنجه|tr=ganja}} Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), {{der|en|pal|gncg|tr=Ganzag}} Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Ganja
  1. The second largest city of Azerbaijan; the birthplace of the great Persian poet Nezami. Categories (place): Cities in Azerbaijan, Places in Azerbaijan Synonyms: Yelizavetpol, Kirovabad, Ganca, Gäncä, Gandzha, Gyandzhe, Gyanja Synonyms (former names): Elisabethpol Synonyms (the Armenian name): Gandzak Translations (city): Գյանջա (Gyanǰa) (Armenian), Գանձակ (Ganjak) (Armenian), Gəncə (Azerbaijani), গঞ্জা (gonja) (Bengali), Gandja (Danish), განჯა (ganǯa) (Georgian), گنجه (ganje) (Persian), Гянджа́ (Gjandžá) [feminine] (Russian), Gence (Turkish)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "گنجه",
        "tr": "ganja"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian گنجه (ganja)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "gncg",
        "tr": "Ganzag"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ganja",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bengali translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Persian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Cities in Azerbaijan",
          "orig": "en:Cities in Azerbaijan",
          "parents": [
            "Cities",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Azerbaijan",
          "orig": "en:Places in Azerbaijan",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second largest city of Azerbaijan; the birthplace of the great Persian poet Nezami."
      ],
      "id": "en-Ganja-en-name-tgY4lt4k",
      "links": [
        [
          "Azerbaijan",
          "Azerbaijan#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "former names",
          "word": "Elisabethpol"
        },
        {
          "word": "Yelizavetpol"
        },
        {
          "word": "Kirovabad"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ganca"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gäncä"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gandzha"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gyandzhe"
        },
        {
          "word": "Gyanja"
        },
        {
          "sense": "the Armenian name",
          "word": "Gandzak"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Gyanǰa",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "Գյանջա"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Ganjak",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "Գանձակ"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "Gəncə"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "gonja",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "গঞ্জা"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "Gandja"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ganǯa",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "განჯა"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "ganje",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "گنجه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Gjandžá",
          "sense": "city",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Гянджа́"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "city",
          "word": "Gence"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ganja"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fa-cls",
        "3": "گنجه",
        "tr": "ganja"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Persian گنجه (ganja)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pal",
        "3": "gncg",
        "tr": "Ganzag"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Classical Persian گنجه (ganja), from Middle Persian gncg (Ganzag).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Ganja",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Classical Persian",
        "English terms derived from Classical Persian",
        "English terms derived from Middle Persian",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Azerbaijani translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "en:Cities in Azerbaijan",
        "en:Places in Azerbaijan"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second largest city of Azerbaijan; the birthplace of the great Persian poet Nezami."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Azerbaijan",
          "Azerbaijan#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "former names",
      "word": "Elisabethpol"
    },
    {
      "word": "Yelizavetpol"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kirovabad"
    },
    {
      "sense": "the Armenian name",
      "word": "Gandzak"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ganca"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gäncä"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gandzha"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gyandzhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gyanja"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Gyanǰa",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Գյանջա"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Ganjak",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Գանձակ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Gəncə"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gonja",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "গঞ্জা"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Gandja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ganǯa",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "განჯა"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ganje",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "گنجه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gjandžá",
      "sense": "city",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Гянджа́"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "city",
      "word": "Gence"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ganja"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Ganja meaning in English (2.5kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.