shadoof

English

A shadoof in Kom Ombo, Egypt.

Alternative forms

• shadouf, shaduf

Etymology

From Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːf

Noun

shadoof (plural shadoofs)

1. A device used to gather water, consisting of a pivoted stick with a bucket on the end of it.

Synonyms

• (water-lifting device): dhenkli, picottah, counterpoise-lift, swape

Translations

device used to gather water

• Ancient Greek: κήλων (kḗlōn), κηλώνειον (kēlṓneion)
• Catalan: poalanca f, cigonya (ca) f
• Estonian: vinnkaev
• Finnish: vinttikaivo (fi)
• French: chadouf (fr) m
• Galician: bimbastro (gl) m
• German: Schaduff m
• Hungarian: gémeskút (hu)
• Malayalam: ഏത്തം (ml) (ēttaṁ), ത്ലാവ് (tlāvŭ)
• Polish: żuraw (pl) m
• Portuguese: picota (pt) f
• Russian: шаду́ф (ru) m (šadúf) (in Arab countries), жура́вль (ru) m (žurávlʹ)
• Spanish: cigüeñal m, cigoñal m
• Swedish: brunnssvängel (sv) c