qanāt

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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 […].”

2. isim Alternative spelling of qanat.

   “It sometimes happens that a qanāt waters more than one village; where this is the case each village has a prescriptive right to the water [...]”