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qanāt (prob. for A. قناة 'a cane'; 'the backbone'), s.f. The wall of a tent; a canvas or dosūtīenclosure round a tent, or with which a sort of courtyard is formed in camp; a screen of canvas or other coarse cloth:—qanāt ghernā, or qanāt khainćnā(with loc.), To surround with a wall or screen of canvas; to make an enclosure round (a tent, etc.).
Origin: Persian