sakia

See also: säkiä

English

The schematics of a sakia.

Alternative forms

• sakieh, sakiyeh, saqiya

Etymology

From Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya). Doublet of acequia.

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

• Finnish: vesiratas (fi)
• Persian: دولاب (fa) (dolâb)

Anagrams

• Asaki, Sakai

Finnish

Noun

sakia

1. partitive singular of saki