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manja en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) String 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:

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Translations (3)

hi माँझा (abrasive string) · pt cerol (abrasive string) · es hilo curado (abrasive string)

manja en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay manja.

Meanings

1. (Singapore) Adoring; 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:

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