qanat

noun

1. 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 […].

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry qanat (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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