manja

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

• maanja, manjha

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.

• manja (string) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Malay manja.

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.

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màgànjà.

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ⁿd͡ʒa/

manja class 6

1. plural of dzanja.

• nkhalamanja (“dagger”)

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, no diminutive)

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

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

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

manja (comparative lebih manja, superlative paling manja)

1. friendly
2. pampered; spoiled

• “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

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

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

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

1. friendly
2. pampered; spoiled

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

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

• 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