نجف

Etymology 1
From the root originally stemming from the butting together of horns; hence the wide semantic range "to push or thrust", "to gore or stab", "to knock about", "to be pushed about".

Verb

 * 1) to fashion a point or tip
 * 2) to carve or sharpen an arrow
 * 3) to make a broad spearhead

Verb

 * 1) to bolt or to lock a door
 * 2) to barricade, to set up a blockade
 * 3) to shield or block
 * 4) to push back, to be a barrier or resistance against another thing

Verb

 * 1) to be blown by the wind
 * 2) to drift, to be pushed
 * 3) to shake, to be knocked about
 * 4) to push up into a heap

Noun

 * 1) elevated place not reached by water, hill, dike
 * 2) embankment, battlement
 * 3) dune especially those that drift or are pushed around or formed by the wind

Etymology 2
From, named from the city Najaf, the surrounding hills of which are famed for their abundant quartz deposits.

Noun

 * 1) quartz, crystal
 * 2) chandelier

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