mashrabiyya

A mashrabiyya (1) in Cairo.

Meaning

Noun

  • A balcony in North Africa enclosed with carved wooden latticework.
  • The latticework itself, also used to craft certain objects.

Origin

  • From French moucharaby, later reborrowed from its source, Arabic مَشْرَبِيَّة, from مِشْرَبَة, from the water jars placed in it to provide evaporative cooling.

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