harja
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑrjɑ/
“harja” is a Finnish word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- brush (piece of conductive material, serving to maintain electrical contact between the stationary and rotating parts of a machine)
- broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)
- mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)
- crest, comb (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)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *harja (compare Estonian hari, Karelian harja, Livvi harju), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šerys).
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