noria
English
WOTD – 17 November 2008
Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Noun
noria (plural norias)
- A tread wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water.
- Any mechanism using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct.
- 1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492:
- The "Noria" pump is a bucket-and-chain arrangement, well known, I believe, in the Cape Colony as the "bakkies" pump; it is very effective for it lifts from 10 feet to 30 feet.
Synonyms
- (water wheel): water wheel
Translations
a water wheel with buckets
French
Etymology
From Spanish noria, from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ.ʁja/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “noria”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic نَاعُورَة (nāʕūra), from Classical Syriac ܢܥܘܪܬܐ (nāʿōrtāʾ, “water wheel; growler”), from ܢܥܪ (nʿar, “to roar, growl, bray”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnoɾja/ [ˈno.ɾja]
- Rhymes: -oɾja
- Syllabification: no‧ria
Further reading
- “noria”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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