chafariz

Meaning

fountain (artificial water feature, often ornamental)

Concepts

fountain

⛲

crybaby

fount

source

spring

well

wellspring

wimp

chicken

🐔

sook

coward

fountainhead

Synonyms

fonte

manancial

nascente

Translations

fontaine

⛲

fuente

fontana

⛲

fontein

⛲

Springbrunnen

⛲

font

⛲

çeşme

⛲

Brunnen

Fontäne

نافورة

⛲

συντριβάνι

Heulsuse

ploraner

Feigling

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃa.faˈɾis/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: صِهْرِيج

Cognate with Galician: chafariz

Cognate with Spanish: jaraíz

Cognate with Catalan: safareig

In summary

From Arabic صِهْرِيج (ṣihrīj), from Middle Persian. Compare Galician chafariz, Spanish jaraíz (“vat”) and Catalan safareig (“artificial water deposit”).