Editing Shadoof (section)

== Names ==

* '''Shadoof''' or '''shaduf''' comes from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]] word {{lang|ar|شادوف}}, šādūf.
* It is also called a lift,<ref name="Potts2"/> '''well pole''', '''well sweep''', or simply a '''sweep''' in the US.<ref name="Knight">Knight, Edward Henry. ''Knight's American mechanical dictionary''. Vol. 3. New York, Hurd and Houghton: Riverside Press, 1877. 2,468. Print.</ref> A less common English translation is '''swape'''.<ref name="Webster">{{cite web |title=Definition of "Swape" |url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/swape |access-date=2007-04-25 |work=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary |publisher=MICRA Inc.}}</ref>
* Picotah (or picota) is a [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] loan word.
* It is also called a jiégāo (桔槹) in [[Chinese language|Chinese]].
* The [[Tamil language|Tamil]] name is thulla (துலா), while the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] name is ethaamu (ఏతాము) or ethamu (ఏతము).
* It was also known by the [[Ancient Greek]] name kēlōn ({{lang|el|κήλων}}) or kēlōneion ({{lang|el|κηλώνειον}}); this term (קילון) is also borrowed in [[Mishnaic Hebrew]].
* In [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], it is called krynychnyi zhuravel (криничний журавель, "[[well]] [[Crane (bird)|crane]]") for its shape; it is also known as zvid (звід).
* In [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], it is known as gémeskút (literally, "[[heron]] wells").
* In [[Croatian language|Croatian]], it is known as đeram (from [[Turkish language|Turkish]], germe).