guelta

English

Etymology

From Arabic قَلْتَة (qalta).

Noun

guelta (plural gueltas)

1. A pool of water, especially in Africa or Arabia, fed by an oasis (spring) or left behind when a wadi (arroyo, seasonal river) runs dry.
   • 2001, David Ball, Empires of Sand: A Novel, page 376:

     Winter or summer, the guelta never went away, even in a drought. It was fed by an underground spring that sent a constant lazy stream of bubbles to the surface.

Anagrams

• Tugela, tegula