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manja

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hindi मांजा (māñjā).

Noun

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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.

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Chichewa

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Noun

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manja class 6

  1. plural of dzanja

Dama (Sierra Leone)

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Etymology

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Cognate with Vai [script needed] (manja).

Noun

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manja

  1. chief

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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manja c (plural manja's)

  1. (Suriname, Antilles) mango
    Synonyms: manga, mango
  2. (Suriname, Antilles) mango tree, Mangifera indica

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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

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manjà m (plural manjōjī, possessed form manjàn)

  1. Alternative form of manjò

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Malay manja. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Adjective

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manja

  1. friendly
  2. pampered; spoiled

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Portuguese

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Verb

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manja

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

Warlpiri

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Pronunciation

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

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manja

  1. mulga tree
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