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shadoof

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: shə-do͞of
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʃəˈduːf/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʃæ-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ʃəˈduf/
  • General-American: /ʃɑ-/
  • General-American: /ʃæ-/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːf

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noun

Meaning 1

A device used since ancient times in the Middle East to raise water from a well or other low point, consisting of a pivoted rod with a bucket on one end and a counterweight on the other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: counterpoise-lift, dhenkli, picota, swape, sweep

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شادوف (šadūf); see further at that entry.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Akkadian: zaruggu — device to raise water
  • Akkadian: zuruqqu — device to raise water
  • Arabic: شَادُوف (šādūf) — device to raise water
  • Chadian Arabic: شادوف (šādūf) — device to raise water
  • Arabic: شادوف (šadūf) — device to raise water
  • Azerbaijani: qır — device to raise water
  • Basque: trabukete — device to raise water
  • Catalan: cigonya — device to raise water
  • Catalan: poalanca — device to raise water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 桔槔 (jiégāo) — device to raise water
  • Chuvash: тарасаллӑ пусӑ (taras̬allă p̬us̬ă) — device to raise water
  • Chuvash: тарасаллӑ ҫӑл (taras̬allă ś̬ăl) — device to raise water
  • Dutch: sjadoef — device to raise water
  • Estonian: vinnkaev — device to raise water
  • Extremaduran: zaqui — device to raise water
  • Finnish: kaivonvintti — device to raise water
  • Finnish: vinttikaivo — device to raise water
  • French: chadouf — device to raise water
  • Fula: kiikorwal class ngal (Adamawa) — device to raise water
  • Galician: bimbastro — device to raise water
  • Galician: cambón — device to raise water
  • German: Schaduff — device to raise water
  • German: Brunnenschwengel — device to raise water
  • German: Schöpfschwengel — device to raise water
  • German: Schwingbaum — device to raise water
  • Ancient Greek: κήλων (kḗlōn) — device to raise water
  • Ancient Greek: κηλώνειον (kēlṓneion) — device to raise water
  • Hindi: ढेंकली (ḍhẽklī) — device to raise water
  • Hungarian: gémeskút — device to raise water
  • Italian: shaduf — device to raise water
  • Javanese: sénggot — device to raise water
  • Kannada: ಏತ (ēta) — device to raise water
  • Latin: tollēnō — device to raise water
  • Latvian: vinda — device to raise water
  • Macedonian: ѓеран (ǵeran) — device to raise water
  • Malay: syaduf — device to raise water
  • Malayalam: ഏത്തം (ēttaṁ) — device to raise water
  • Malayalam: ത്ലാവ് (tlāvŭ) — device to raise water
  • Mirandese: ciguonha — device to raise water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vippebrønn — device to raise water
  • Persian: شادوف — device to raise water
  • Polish: żuraw — device to raise water
  • Portuguese: cegonha — device to raise water
  • Portuguese: gaivota — device to raise water
  • Portuguese: picota — device to raise water
  • Romanian: cumpănă — device to raise water
  • Russian: шаду́ф (šadúf) — device to raise water
  • Russian: жура́вль (žurávlʹ) — device to raise water
  • Serbo-Croatian: đeram — device to raise water
  • Slovene: šaduf — device to raise water
  • Spanish: cigoñal — device to raise water
  • Spanish: cigüeñal — device to raise water
  • Swedish: brunnssvängel — device to raise water
  • Tamil: ஏற்றமரம் (ēṟṟamaram) — device to raise water
  • Tamil: பூட்டை (pūṭṭai) — device to raise water
  • Turkish: şaduf — device to raise water
  • Turkish: seren — device to raise water
  • Turkish: tapındırık — device to raise water
  • Ukrainian: підно́с (pidnós) — device to raise water
  • Ukrainian: при́стрій з жерди́ною (prýstrij z žerdýnoju) — device to raise water
  • Ukrainian: ви́тяг (výtjah) — device to raise water
  • Ukrainian: жураве́ль (žuravélʹ) — device to raise water
  • Ukrainian: звід (zvid) — device to raise water