Home › Words › S › sakiasakiasakia means A water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sakia ranks #16,750 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya). Doublet of acequia.nounA water wheel, traditionally drawn by a draft animal, but now with a motor. It is about 2-5 meters in diameter.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.scoopwheel 61% match — A wheel, driven by wind or steam, having a series of scoops that are used to raise water. vs sakia →millwheel 55% match — A water wheel used to power a watermill. vs sakia →noria 55% match — A treadwheel with attached buckets, used to raise and deposit water. vs sakia →breastshot 54% match — Vertically mounted, and rotated by falling water striking buckets near the center of the wheel's edge, or just above it. vs sakia →danaide 54% match — A water wheel having a vertical axis and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one. vs sakia →windmill 53% match — A machine which translates linear motion of wind to rotational motion by means of adjustable vanes called sails. vs sakia →watermill 53% match — A mill powered by water.; The machine or device itself. vs sakia →horsewheel 53% match — A millwheel driven by the motion of a horse or horses. vs sakia →