Where does “manja” come from?

manja (English) comes from Malay manja, from Sanskrit मञ्ज् — to cleanse or be bright.

manja (English): coated with crushed glass and attached to a kite, used to cut the strings of other kites in kite fighting

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “manja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymanjafriendly
2Sanskritमञ्ज्to cleanse or be bright
Every word from Sanskrit मञ्ज् →Every word from Malay manja →