Persian Wheel

/ˈpɜːrʒən wiːl/noun

A traditional water-lifting device, powered by animals or manually, used for centuries in South Asia to irrigate fields from wells.

(historical, agriculture) A mechanism of buckets attached to a rotating wheel, used to draw water from a well for irrigation, common across rural South Asia before the spread of electric pumps.

Urdu

ایک روایتی آلہ جو کنویں سے پانی نکالنے کے لیے استعمال ہوتا تھا، جانوروں یا ہاتھ سے چلایا جاتا تھا، جنوبی ایشیا کی زراعت میں صدیوں سے رائج۔

Hindi

एक पारंपरिक उपकरण जो कुएं से पानी निकालने के लिए उपयोग होता था, जानवरों या हाथ से चलाया जाता था, दक्षिण एशिया की खेती में सदियों से प्रचलित।

Before electric tube wells became common, farmers relied on the Persian wheel to irrigate their fields.

Related words

rehat

Practice

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Before electric pumps arrived, the was the main way farmers drew water from wells for their crops.