English
manja
Manja comes from Hindi माँझा.
- Hindic. 1500–presentमाँझाmāñjhā
- Englishearliest quotation 2008manja
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentमाँझाmāñjhā
- Englishearliest quotation 2008manja
Earliest quotation: 2008, Bapsi Sidhwa, The Pakistani Bride: “In spring when the sky was dotted with paper…”
Every English word from Hindi माँझा
Another origin of manja
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEमञ्ज्‘to cleanse, to be bright’
- Malaymodernmanja‘friendly’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun String coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi माँझा / manja