Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yakhchal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yakhchal
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"Furthermore, constructions such as the Yakhchal and Abanbar, which were built exclusively to stock water, had to have direct access to water courses."
"Jawaad takes us first to the Kerman Library, a stately old building with beautiful arches that, oddly enough, began life as a textile factory, and then to the parks around the yakhchal or icehouse. Yakhchals are a staggering feat of ancient engineering."
"Owners of ice pits (yakhchal) were required to guarantee the purity and hygiene of the water and pits that they used in making ice."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: یَخْچَال

Inflected Forms

yakhchals (plural)

Questions

What does yakhchal mean?: 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.
Where does yakhchal come from?: Borrowed from Classical Persian یَخْچَال (yaxčāl, literally “ice pit”).

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