English Explanatory Dictionary

yakhchal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

yakhchal yakhchals

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یَخْچَال (yaxčāl, literally “ice pit”).

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