• Qanāt

    Full definition of qanāt

    Noun

    qanāt

    (plural qanāts)
    1. Alternative spelling of qanat
      • 1991: Ann K. S. Lambton, Landlord and Peasant in Persia: A Study of Land Tenure and Land Revenue Administration, page 220It sometimes happens that a qanāt waters more than one village; where this is the case each village has a prescriptive right to the water ...
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