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Qanat vs Manat - What's the difference?

qanat | manat |

As nouns the difference between qanat and manat

is that qanat is an underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley while manat is the basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol ₼; subdivided into 100 qəpik.

qanat

English

(wikipedia qanat)

Alternative forms

*kanat,

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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 [...]
    • English words containing Q not followed by U

    Synonyms

    * foggara * (l)

    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.

    manat

    English

    (wikipedia manat)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The basic unit of currency for Azerbaijan; symbol .
  • The basic unit of currency for Turkmenistan; subdivided into 100 tennesi.

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