qanat

[ kuh-not ]

noun
  1. an underground aqueduct in the Middle East or North Africa through which water flows downhill from an aquifer or well to the surface.

Origin of qanat

1
First recorded in 1855–60; from Persian qanāt, from Arabic qanāh “canal”; doublet of canal, cane, and channel1

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