Etymology

noria

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Today it means: A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. Full definition →

Spanish noria ← Arabic نَاعُورَة ← Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ
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The story

  1. Classical Syriac · derived fromܢܥܘܪܬܐ“water wheel; growler”
  2. Arabic · derived fromنَاعُورَة
  3. Spanish · derived fromnoria
  4. English todaynoria

From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).

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