sakian.

/ˈsɑːkɪə/

Forms: 1600s saki, 1700s sakiah, 1800s sakie, sackiyeh, sageer, sakhyia, sak(i)yeh, sakieh, sakia.

Etymology: Arabic sāqiya^h, feminine present participle ofsaqā to irrigate. In North Africa the q is pronounced (g), whence the form sageer.

A machine for drawing water for irrigation, consisting of a large vertical wheel to which a number of earthen pots are attached, and to which motion is imparted by a horizontal wheel turned by oxen or asses.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > wheel for raising water

waterwheel1591

Persian wheel1649

sakia1687

noria1696

Egyptian wheel1793

bucket-wheel1797

tabut1836

pot-wheel1852

tympan1858

irrigation-wheel1864

spider-wheel1868

tympanum1875

1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 139 Eight Sakis turned all by Oxen, that discharge Water into a great Bason.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 603 One of the ways in which the water is generally raised is by the Sakiah, or Persian wheel.

1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 21 The Nubian cultivators..employ sakies, or water-wheels, for the purpose of irrigating the fields during the summer.

1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. i. 24 Another machine..almost the only one employed for the irrigation of gardens in Egypt, is the sa′ckiyeh.

1844 J. Kitto Physical Hist. Palestine vii. 295 The Sackiyeh,..which is usually in all places called ‘the Persian Wheel’.

1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 37 Saat..works away with his spoon like a Sageer (water wheel),..the soup disappearing like water in the desert.

1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 50 A sakhyia or water-wheel, turned by oxen or donkeys.

1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 93/1 In Egypt, under the name of sakia, this machine is in common use.

attributive.1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 324 The two characteristic sounds are the sakyeh creak, and the chattering of villagers at sunset.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sakia
释义	sakian. /ˈsɑːkɪə/ Forms: 1600s saki, 1700s sakiah, 1800s sakie, sackiyeh, sageer, sakhyia, sak(i)yeh, sakieh, sakia. Etymology: Arabic sāqiya^h, feminine present participle ofsaqā to irrigate. In North Africa the q is pronounced (g), whence the form sageer. A machine for drawing water for irrigation, consisting of a large vertical wheel to which a number of earthen pots are attached, and to which motion is imparted by a horizontal wheel turned by oxen or asses. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water > wheel for raising water waterwheel1591 Persian wheel1649 sakia1687 noria1696 Egyptian wheel1793 bucket-wheel1797 tabut1836 pot-wheel1852 tympan1858 irrigation-wheel1864 spider-wheel1868 tympanum1875 1687 A. Lovell tr. J. de Thévenot Trav. into Levant i. 139 Eight Sakis turned all by Oxen, that discharge Water into a great Bason. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 603 One of the ways in which the water is generally raised is by the Sakiah, or Persian wheel. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 21 The Nubian cultivators..employ sakies, or water-wheels, for the purpose of irrigating the fields during the summer. 1836 E. W. Lane Acct. Manners & Customs Mod. Egyptians II. i. 24 Another machine..almost the only one employed for the irrigation of gardens in Egypt, is the sa′ckiyeh. 1844 J. Kitto Physical Hist. Palestine vii. 295 The Sackiyeh,..which is usually in all places called ‘the Persian Wheel’. 1866 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 37 Saat..works away with his spoon like a Sageer (water wheel),..the soup disappearing like water in the desert. 1873 C. G. Leland Egyptian Sketch-bk. 50 A sakhyia or water-wheel, turned by oxen or donkeys. 1885 C. G. W. Lock Workshop Receipts 4th Ser. 93/1 In Egypt, under the name of sakia, this machine is in common use. attributive.1873 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 324 The two characteristic sounds are the sakyeh creak, and the chattering of villagers at sunset. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1687
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