dagga
noun /ˈdæxə/
/ˈdæxə/
South African English [ˈdɐxɐ]
[uncountable] (South African English)- marijuana (= a drug (illegal in many countries) made from the dried leaves and flowers of the hemp plant, which gives the person smoking it a feeling of being relaxed)
- She was arrested for smoking dagga.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Afrikaans, from Khoikhoi dachab. Khoikhoi is a southern African language.