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noria

water wheel with buckets for raising water; also the Ferris wheel at a fairmáquina con cangilones para sacar agua; también la rueda gigante de las ferias

Comes from Arabic

نَاعُورَة

nāʿūra

“the water wheel, "the one that groans"”«la rueda de agua, «la que gime»»

In Andalusi Arabic: نَعُورَة naʿūra

Arabic today says

نَاعُورَة

nāʿūra

And it still does

Root

ن ع ر

n-ʿ-r

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

From naʿara, "to groan, to creak", for the noise the wheel makes as it turns. The water wheels of Hama, in Syria, are still called that.De naʿara, «gemir, chirriar», por el ruido de la rueda al girar. Las norias de Hama, en Siria, aún se llaman así.

In a sentence

Subimos a la noria de la feria.

We rode the Ferris wheel at the fair.

رَكِبْنَا العَجَلَةَ الدَّوَّارَةَ فِي المَعْرِض.