سقا

Ottoman Turkish

سقا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَقَّاء (saqqāʔ, water-carrier).

Noun

سقا • (sakka, saka) (plural سقایون (sakkayun, sakayun))

  1. water carrier, someone who distributes or supplies water for a living
    Synonym: صوجی (sucu)
  2. title of a kind of corporal of the old janissaries

Derived terms

  • سقا بارگیری (saka bargiri, water-carrying horse)
  • سقا قوشی (saka kuşu, pelican; goldfinch)
  • عسكر سقاسی (ʿasker sakası, military water carrier)

Descendants

  • Turkish: saka
  • Armenian: սախա (saxa)

Further reading

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