Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manja

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: man-ja
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Adoring; affectionate; tending to coddle somebody.

Example Sentences

"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."
"[…] 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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

Usage

Inflected Forms

manjas (plural) maanja (alternative) manjha (alternative) more manja (comparative) most manja (superlative)

Questions

What does manja mean?: String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.
Where does manja come from?: Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

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