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qanat

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

noun qanats · kanat · qanāt

An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat, every 300 m or so […].
Similar: foggara, karez

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@misc{qanat_2026,
  title = {qanat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/qanat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}