Etymology

foggara

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Today it means: An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat. Full definition →

Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة
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  1. Algerian Arabic · borrowed fromفُقَّارَة
  2. English todayfoggara

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة (fuggāra).

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