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Manji

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Etymology

From a form of Punjabi ਮੰਜਾ (mañjā, “raised bed”). The Sikh sense is based on their use as seats of authority.

  1. derived from Mangi

Definitions

  1. South China, as opposed to Cathay or northern China.

    • Upon crossing this river you enter the noble province of Manji […]

  2. A captain or skipper of a boat.

    • 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 […].

  3. 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.
    • The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground.
    • There is even a tap to bathe under after you have spent a night sleeping on the manjis (beds), and all this comes at the price of a meal!
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A Sikh religious administrative unit.

      • In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis.

    2. A left-facing Japanese swastika, primarily used in Buddhism.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA