kanat
kanat is the alternative spelling of qanat.
Meaning of qanat
Noun
qanat (plural qanats)
- 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 […].1981, Richard Edward Chapman, Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, page 112
Noun
kanat (plural kanats)
- A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.
- "There was an arrangement of loose-boxes in kanats, and she was in the next one talking to him."1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 116
Forms of kanat
| plural | kanats |
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Origin of kanat
Borrowed from Hindustani क़नात (qanāt, “wall of tent; canvas screen”).
Words that rhyme with kanat
Questions about kanat
- What does kanat mean?
- Kanat means a canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.
- What is kanat the alternative spelling of?
- Kanat is the alternative spelling of qanat.
- What part of speech is kanat?
- Kanat is a noun.
- What is the plural of kanat?
- The plural of kanat is kanats.
Words near kanat in the dictionary
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