Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foggara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fog-gara
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.

Etymology

Borrowed from Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة (fuggāra).

Inflected Forms

foggaras (plural)

Questions

What does foggara mean?: An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley; a qanat.
Where does foggara come from?: Borrowed from Algerian Arabic فُقَّارَة (fuggāra).

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