sakia

See also: säkiä

English

The schematics of a sakia.

Alternative forms

• sakieh
• sakiyeh
• saqiya

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya).

Noun

sakia (plural sakias)

1. A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter.

Related terms

• noria
• tympanum
• Persian wheel
• shadoof

Translations

a water wheel

• Persian: دولاب (fa) (dolâb)
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Anagrams

• Asaki, Sakai