Cycle Rickshaw - Nomenclature

Nomenclature

For the origins of the word 'rickshaw', see the article Pulled rickshaw#Etymology

Cycle rickshaws are known as cyclo (pronounced see-clo) in Cambodia and Vietnam, cycle rickshaw in India and Bangladesh, trishaw (simplified Chinese: 三轮车; traditional Chinese: 三輪車; pinyin: sānlúnchē) from tricycle rickshaw or beca, in Malaysia and Singapore, becak in Indonesia, and "trisikad", padyak or traysikad in the Philippines and cyclo (Khmer: សុីក្លូ) in Cambodia. Cycle rickshaws are known as saikka (ဆိုက်ကား) in Myanmar, a transliteration of English "side car". In the United Kingdom and United States cycle rickshaws are more widely pedicabs. In Buffalo, New York, this type of vehicle is known as a bike taxi. In Mexico, they are called bicitaxi or taxi ecologico (literally "ecological taxi").

In Thailand, any three-wheeler is called samlor (Thai: สามล้อ, which literally means "three wheels"), whether motorized or not, including pedicabs, motorcycles with attached vending carts or sidecars, etc. The driver is also called samlor.