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harja.

brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈhɑrjɑ/[ˈhɑ̝rjɑ̝]
  1. 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)

  2. brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)

  3. A brush-like animal appendage. mane (longer hair growth e.g. on back of neck of a horse or around head of a male lion)

  4. A brush-like animal appendage. crest, comb (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)

  5. A brush-like animal appendage. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)

  6. A brush-like animal appendage. crest (ridge or top of a wave)

  7. A protruding geographical feature. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)

  8. A protruding geographical feature. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)

  9. A protruding geographical feature. ridge (highest point on a roof)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *harja (compare Estonian hari, Karelian harja, Livvi harju), borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šerys).

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