Manji
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A captain or skipper of a boat. British, India
"I prevailed upon the mangee of a pinnace I found laying in the creek, awaiting the arrival of a gentleman hourly expected from Vizagapatam, to convey us up the river as far as Budge Budge […]."
- 2 A type of raised bed similar to a cot from South Asia.
"Literally, 'He sat on a manji.' The manji is a small string bed. In the villages of the Punjab acknowledged leaders, spiritual and temporal, would commonly receive their followers seated on a manji."
- 3 A left-facing Japanese swastika, primarily used in Buddhism.
- 4 A Sikh religious administrative unit. Sikhism
"In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis."
- 1 South China, as opposed to Cathay or northern China. archaic
"Upon crossing this river you enter the noble province of Manji […]"
Synonyms
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More examples"Upon crossing this river you enter the noble province of Manji […]"
Etymology
Variant of Latin Mangi, q.v.
Borrowed from Hindi माँझी (māñjhī, “boatman, sailor”).
From a form of Punjabi ਮੰਜਾ (mañjā, “raised bed”). The Sikh sense is based on their use as seats of authority.
Transliteration of Japanese 卍 (manji).
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