shadoof

English

a shadoof in Kom Ombo, Egypt

Alternative forms

• shadouf, shaduf

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃəˈduːf/, enPR: shə-do͞of'

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• Rhymes: -uːf
• Hyphenation: sha‧doof

Noun

shadoof (plural shadoofs)

1. An ancient device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.

   Synonyms: dhenkli, picota, counterpoise-lift, swape

   • 1914 August, Popular Mechanics, volume 22, number 2, page 172:

     The shadoof can be traced back 5,400 years, or to about 3500 B. C., and the indications are that it was considered an ancient device even at that remote time. It is much like the old-fashioned well sweep, consisting of a pivoted pole, supported on two uprights, at one end of which is suspended a rope or pole with a bucket at the lower end.

Translations

device used to gather water

• Ancient Greek: κήλων m (kḗlōn), κηλώνειον n (kēlṓneion)
• Arabic: شَادُوف m (šādūf)

  Egyptian Arabic: شادوف m (šadūf)

• Azerbaijani: qır
• Catalan: poalanca f, cigonya (ca) f
• Estonian: vinnkaev
• Finnish: vinttikaivo (fi), kaivonvintti (fi)
• French: chadouf (fr) m
• Fula: kiikorwal class ngal (Adamawa)
• Galician: bimbastro (gl) m, cambón (gl) m
• German: Brunnenschwengel m, Schöpfschwengel m, Schwingbaum (de) m, (in Arab countries) Schaduff m
• Hindi: ढेंकली (hi) f (ḍhẽklī)
• Hungarian: gémeskút (hu)
• Latin: tollēnō m
• Malayalam: ഏത്തം (ml) (ēttaṁ), ത്ലാവ് (tlāvŭ)
• Polish: żuraw (pl) m
• Portuguese: picota (pt) f
• Romanian: cumpănă (ro) f
• Russian: жура́вль (ru) m (žurávlʹ), (in Arab countries) шаду́ф (ru) m (šadúf)
• Spanish: cigüeñal (es) m, cigoñal (es) m
• Swedish: brunnssvängel (sv) c
• Tamil: பூட்டை (ta) (pūṭṭai), ஏற்றமரம் (ta) (ēṟṟamaram)
• Ukrainian: жураве́ль m (žuravélʹ), при́стрій з жерди́ною m (prýstrij z žerdýnoju), підно́с m (pidnós), ви́тяг m (výtjah)