سقا

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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

Descendants

  • Turkish: saka
  • Armenian: սախա (saxa)

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