قنات
See also: فتات
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic *kājnat (“wing”).
Alternative forms
- قانات (kanat), قناد (kanad, kanat), قاناد (kanad, kanat)
Noun
قنات • (kanat)
- wing
- fin of a fish
- wing or leaf of a door
- wing or flank of a building
- 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)
- pipe, conduit, irrigation-trench, canal, qanat
- Synonyms: قنال (kanal), جدول (cedvel)
Descendants
- Turkish: kanat