charas

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi चरस (caras).

Noun

charas (uncountable)

Cannabis resin, used as an intoxicant in India.
- 2005, Salman Rushdie, Shalimar the Clown, Vintage, published 2006, page 61:
  She had not smoked the charas to abdicate responsibility but to be sure of seizing her opportunity

Translations

cannabis resin

Hindi: चरस (hi) (caras)
Persian: چرس‎ (fa) (čaras)

Russian: чара́с (ru) m (čarás)
Urdu: چرس‎ (caras)

Anagrams

Raasch, Schaar, achars

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