manga

manga · noun¹

1. Japanese漫
2. Japanese画
3. Japanese漫画 (manga)
4. English todaymanga

Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

manga · noun²

1. Spanish · borrowed frommanga“sleeve”
2. English todaymanga

From Spanish manga (“sleeve”). Doublet of manche.

manga · noun³

Short for mangalitsa.