قناة

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قناة

/qa.naːh/

Where it comes from

From Aramaic קַנְיָא / ܩܢܝܐ (qanyā, “reed, cane, tube”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm).

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English channel.

noun قَنَاة · qanāh · قَنَوَات · الْقَنَاة

channel, canal قَنَاة السُّوَيْس
TV/YouTube, etc channel قَنَاة تِلِفِزْيُونِيَّة
spear, lance يَا أَهْلَ يَثْرِبَ لَا مَقَامَ لَكُمْ بِهَا *** قُتِلَ الْحُسَيْنُ فَأَدْمُعِي مِدْرَارُ الْجِسْمُ مِنْهُ بِكَرْبَلَا مُضَرَّجُ*** وَالرَّأْسُ مِنْه عَلَى الْقَنَاةِ يُدَارُ O people of Yathrib! May you never stay therein! *** Al-Husayn is killed, so my tears now rain
Similar: رُمْح

In English

canal artificial waterway
ditch trench
channel broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies

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"قناة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"قناة." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {قناة},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%82%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}