harja

Finnish

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Definitions
  • brush implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments
  • brush piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine
  • mane longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion
  • crest tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head
  • crest upper curve of a horse's neck
  • crest ridge or top of a wave
  • crest, chine summit of a hill or mountain ridge
  • arête sharp edge of a mountain ridge
  • ridge highest point on a roof
  • (curling) broom, sweeper implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *harja.

Origin

Proto-Finnic

*harja

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