Etymology

sakia

S1A1K5I1A1

Today it means: A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter. Full definition →

Arabic سَاقِيَة
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromسَاقِيَة
  2. English todaysakia

From Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya). Doublet of acequia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.