In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SAKIEH
Noun
sakieh (plural sakiehs)
Alternative spelling of sakia
Anagrams
• Keisha, sheika
Source: Wiktionary
Sak"i*eh, Sak"i*yeh, n. [Ar. saqiah canal, trench.]
Definition: A kind of water wheel used in Egypt for raising water, from wells or pits, in buckets attached to its periphery or to an endless rope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
14 June 2025
FELLOW
(noun) a member of a learned society; “he was elected a fellow of the American Physiological Association”
Coffee Trivia
