kanat
noun
kanat is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of qanat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-A-N-A-T, and it appears about once in every 91 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kanat is kanats.
What does kanat mean?
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of qanat.
- 2
A canvas screen or partition forming the wall or division of a tent or other enclosure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kanat
- kanats plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kanat?
Kanat appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does kanat come from?
Borrowed from Hindustani क़नात (qanāt, “wall of tent; canvas screen”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).