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• manjha

Borrowed from Hindi मांजा (māñjā).

manja (plural manjas)

1. A glass-coated string 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.

• manja (string) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

manja class 6

1. plural of dzanja

Cognate with Vai [script needed] (manja).

manja

1. chief

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

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

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

manja c (plural manja's)

1. (Suriname, Antilles) mango

   Synonyms: manga, mango

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

• manjaboom

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

manjà m (plural manjōjī, possessed form manjàn)

1. Alternative form of manjò

From Malay manja, ultimately from Sanskrit [Term?]

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

manja

1. friendly
2. pampered; spoiled

• “manja” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ʒɐ
• Hyphenation: man‧ja

manja

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

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

manja

1. mulga tree