qanat

See also: qanāt

English

Alternative forms

• kanat, qanāt

Etymology

From Classical Persian قنات (qanāt), from Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh).

Noun

qanat (plural qanats)

1. An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
   • 1981, Richard Edward Chapman, Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, page 112:

     Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat, every 300 m or so […] .

   • 1988, Keith Stanley McLachlan, The Neglected Garden: The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran:

     Elsewhere over large areas of the plateau and the foothill regions, the qanat irrigation cultures were weakened considerably.

   • 2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 127:

     Its gardens are watered by rivers that invariably flow underground, like the subterranean qanats developed by the Persians.

Synonyms

• foggara
• karez

References

• For a schematic of a qanat, refer to Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, by Richard Edward Chapman, 1981, page 112.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

qanat

1. wing

Declension

Declension of qanat

	singular	plural
nominative	qanat	qanatlar
genitive	qanatnıñ	qanatlarnıñ
dative	qanatqa	qanatlarğa
accusative	qanatnı	qanatlarnı
locative	qanatta	qanatlarda
ablative	qanattan	qanatlardan

Derived terms

• qanatlı

 

References

• “qanat”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Tatar

Noun

qanat

1. wing