kanat

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noun

A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.

OriginHindustani →
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Meanings

kanat1

nounkanat (plural kanats)

plural kanats

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of qanat.

kanat2

nounkanat (plural kanats)

plural kanats

  1. A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.

    "There was an arrangement of loose-boxes in kanats, and she was in the next one talking to him."

    1889, Rudyard Kipling, “A Second-rate Woman”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 116

Origin

  1. Hindustani
  2. Englishkanat

Borrowed from Hindustani क़नात (qanāt, “wall of tent; canvas screen”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with kanat

latnatbahttatrabatkyatdiktatjatHeratzakatkhatapparatnaatchaatxatabwattcoup de savategyattMontferrat
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Anagrams

tankanatak
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APA

kanat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kanat

MLA

“kanat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kanat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kanat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kanat.

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