manja

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

Alternative forms

• maanja, manjha

Noun

manja (countable and uncountable, plural manjas)

1. String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.
   • 2008, Bapsi Sidhwa, The Pakistani Bride‎^[1], Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 54:

     In spring when the sky was dotted with paper kites, the young men and boys allowed the girls to hold the manja, kite string made abrasive with finely crushed glass.

Translations

abrasive string

• Hindi: माँझा m (māñjhā)
• Portuguese: cerol (pt) m
• Spanish: hilo curado (es) m

Further reading

• manja (string) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay manja.

Adjective

manja (comparative more manja, superlative most manja)

1. (Singapore) Adoring; affectionate; tending to coddle somebody.
   • 1980, Felix Chia, The Babas, page 24:

     […] the same note of clinging affection is present. This leads others to rightly conclude that the brother and the sister are manja towards each other.

Chichewa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màgànjà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ⁿd͡ʒa/

Noun

manja class 6

1. plural of dzanja.

Derived terms

• nkhalamanja (“dagger”)

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai [script needed] (manja).

Noun

manja

1. chief

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Malay mangga. Cf. Sranan Tongo manya. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly:

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.jaː/
• Hyphenation: man‧ja

Noun

manja c (plural manja's, no diminutive)

1. (Suriname, Antilles) mango

   Synonyms: manga, mango

2. (Suriname, Antilles) mango tree, Mangifera indica

Derived terms

• manjaboom

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mán.(d)ʒà/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [mán.d͡ʒə̀]

Noun

manjà m (plural manjōjī, possessed form manjàn)

1. alternative form of manjò

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay manja, ultimately from Sanskrit मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse, to be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈmand͡ʒa/ [ˈmaɲ.d͡ʒa]
• Rhymes: -and͡ʒa
• Syllabification: man‧ja

Adjective

manja (comparative lebih manja, superlative paling manja)

1. friendly
2. pampered; spoiled

Derived terms

• memanjakan

Further reading

• “manja”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मञ्ज् (mañj, “to cleanse, to be bright”).

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmand͡ʒə/ [ˈmaɲ.d͡ʒə]
  • Rhymes: -and͡ʒə, -d͡ʒə, -ə
• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈmand͡ʒa/ [ˈmaɲ.d͡ʒa]
  • Rhymes: -and͡ʒa, -d͡ʒa, -a
• Hyphenation: man‧ja

Adjective

manja (Jawi spelling منجا, comparative lebih manja, superlative paling manja)

1. friendly
2. pampered; spoiled

Derived terms

Affixations

• memanjakan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: manja (inherited)
• → English: manja

Further reading

• "manja" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʒɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʒa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ̃.ʒɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧ja

Verb

manja

1. inflection of manjar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Warlpiri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɲ.ca/, [ˈmɐɲ.ɟa], [-ɟ͡ʑa]

Noun

manja

1. mulga tree