English
manji
Manji comes from Hindi माँझी ‘boatman, sailor’.
- Hindic. 1500–presentमाँझीmāñjhī‘boatman, sailor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10manji
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hindic. 1500–presentमाँझीmāñjhī‘boatman, sailor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1808–10manji
Earliest quotation: 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake: “I prevailed upon the mangee of a pinnace I…”
Every English word from Hindi माँझी
Another origin of manji
- Punjabimodernਮੰਜਾmañjā‘raised bed’
- Englishtodaymanji
The Sikh sense is based on their use as seats of authority.
Today it means
noun A captain or skipper of a boat.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi माँझी / manji