mashrabiyya
Meanings
noun
- A balcony in North Africa enclosed with carved wooden latticework.
- The latticework itself, also used to craft certain objects.
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Etymology
From French moucharaby, later reborrowed from its source, Arabic مَشْرَبِيَّة (mašrabiyya), from مِشْرَبَة (mišraba, “small jug”), from the water jars placed in it to provide evaporative cooling.
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