noria

English - English

Definition of noria in English English dictionary

A water wheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water

Any machine using buckets to raise water to an aqueduct

a water wheel with buckets attached to the rim; used to raise water for transfer to an irrigation channel

A large water wheel, turned by the action of a stream against its floats, and carrying at its circumference buckets, by which water is raised and discharged into a trough; used in Arabia, China, and elsewhere for irrigating land; a Persian wheel

Turkish - English

Definition of noria in Turkish English dictionary

Related Terms

bostan dolabı noria, water wheel

for irrigation

Hyphenation

no·ri·a

Synonyms

water wheel

Etymology

() From Spanish noria Arabic ناعورة (naʕūra) Syriac ܢܥܘܪܐ (nāʕurāʾ, “water wheel; growler”) ܢܥܪ (nʕar, “to roar, growl, bray”).