The story
- Classical Persian · borrowed fromیَخْچَال
- English todayyakhchal
Borrowed from Classical Persian یَخْچَال (yaxčāl, literally “ice pit”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
yakhchal
Today it means: A type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran), that functions as an evaporative cooler, having a domed shape above ground and a subterranean storage space. Full definition →
Classical Persian یَخْچَال