harja.
brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments)
Meaning & usage
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)
brush (implement consisting of multiple bristles or other filaments) broom, sweeper (implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further)
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)
A brush-like animal appendage. crest, comb (tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on an animal's head)
A brush-like animal appendage. crest (upper curve of a horse's neck)
A brush-like animal appendage. crest (ridge or top of a wave)
A protruding geographical feature. crest, chine (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)
A protruding geographical feature. arête (sharp edge of a mountain ridge)
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.