manja

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noun

String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.

OriginHindi माँझा →
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Meanings

manja1

nounmanja (countable and uncountable, plural manjas)

plural manjas · alternative maanja · alternative manjha

  1. countableuncountableString coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.

    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.

    2008, Bapsi Sidhwa, The Pakistani Bride, Milkweed Editions, →ISBN, page 54

manja2

adjectivemanja (comparative more manja, superlative most manja)

comparative more manja · superlative most manja

  1. SingaporeAdoring; affectionate; tending to coddle somebody.

    […] 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.

    1980, Felix Chia, The Babas, page 24

Origin

manja · noun

  1. Hindiमाँझा
  2. Englishmanja

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

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manja · adjective

  1. Malaymanja
  2. Malaymanja
  3. Englishmanja

Borrowed from Malay manja.

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Translations

Hindi माँझा
  • माँझा (māñjhā)abrasive string
Portuguese cerol
  • cerolabrasive string
Spanish hilo curado
  • hilo curadoabrasive string

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

manja. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manja

MLA

“manja.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manja. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “manja,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/manja.

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