[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.9208 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9208 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.9208 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9208) \*\*MANJEE\*\*, s. The master, or steersman, of a boat or any native river-craft; Hind. \*mānjhī\*, Beng. \*mājī\* and \*mājhī\*, \[all from Skt. \*madhya\*, ‘one who stands in the middle’\]. The word is also a title borne by the head men among the Pahāris or Hill-people of Rājmahal (\*Wilson\*), \[and as equivalent for \*Majhwār\*, the name of an important Dravidian tribe on the borders of the N.W. Provinces and Chota Nāgpur\]. - [Previous: c10.9207](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9207) - [Next: c10.9209](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9209) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9208](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.9208) · Pramāṇa