(plural s)
An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
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.
Alternative forms
kanat, qanāt
Etymology
From {{etyl, fa, en}} قنات, tr=qanât, from {{etyl, ar, en}} قَنَاة.
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