qanāt

English

Noun

qanāt (plural web)

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 220

     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 [...]