قنات

See also: فتات‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *kājnat (“wing”).

Alternative forms

Noun

قنات • (kanat)

  1. wing
  2. fin of a fish
  3. wing or leaf of a door
  4. wing or flank of a building
  5. breadth of cloth
Descendants
  • Turkish: kanat
  • → Armenian: խանատ (xanat), խանաթ (xanatʿ), կանադ (kanad)
  • → Bulgarian: кана́т (kanát) (rare)
  • → Macedonian: канат (kanat) (rare)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (rare)
    Cyrillic: ка̀на̄т
    Latin: kànāt

Etymology 2

From Persian قنات‎ (qanât), from Arabic قَنَاة‎ (qanāh).

Noun

قنات • (kanat)

  1. pipe, conduit, irrigation-trench, canal, qanat
    Synonyms: قنال‎ (kanal), جدول‎ (cedvel)
Descendants
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