نجران

Etymology
From the root in the sense   the sense of door-sill develops, and the walled city of Nejran, part of the, that already called it in its  inscriptions , had many gates. The same derivation for the sense of “thirsty” works from.

Noun

 * 1) a horizontal piece of wood serving as the foot or sill of a door upon which it turns

Adjective

 * 1) affected by a heating thirst