different between banat vs qanat

English

Etymology

Equivalent to ban (“a warden”) +? -ate. Compare French banat, German Banat.

Noun

banat (plural banats)

1. The territory governed by a ban.

Alternative forms

• banate

Related terms

• Banat

Translations

Further reading

• banat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• BATNA, Banta

French

Noun

banat m (plural banats)

1. banat

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baNat (“stretch”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bá?nat
• IPA^(key): /?banat/

Noun

bánat

1. lengthening (of iron, gold, etc.) by forging

English

Alternative forms

• kanat, qan?t

Etymology

From Persian ????? (qanât), from Arabic ??????? (qan?h).

Noun

qanat (plural qanats)

1. An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
   • 1981: Richard Edward Chapman, Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, page 112.

     Shafts are dug to the required level along the planned route of the qanat, every 300 m or so, and the construction of the [...]

   • 1988: Keith Stanley McLachlan, The Neglected Garden: The Politics and Ecology of Agriculture in Iran

     Elsewhere over large areas of the plateau and the foothill regions, the qanat irrigation cultures were weakened considerably. Water supplies diminished [...]

Synonyms

• foggara
• karez

References

• For a schematic of a qanat, refer to Geology and Water: An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics for Geologists, by Richard Edward Chapman, 1981, page 112.

Tatar

Noun

qanat

1. wing