manja

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

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Noun

manja (countable and uncountable, plural manjas)

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

manja (comparative more manja, superlative most manja)

(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

Borrowed from Hindi माँझा (māñjhā).

Borrowed from Malay manja.

What does manja mean?: Manja means string coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting.
What is manja in Hindi?: Manja in Hindi is माँझा (māñjhā). See Manja meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is manja?: Manja can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of manja?: The plural of manja is manjas.

Adapted from Wiktionary: manja (page history and authors); ਮਾਝਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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