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yakhchal

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

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History

Etymology

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

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  • Dari: یَخْچَال (yaxčāl) — (architecture) a type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran)
  • Iranian Persian: یَخْچَال (yaxčâl) — (architecture) a type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran)
  • Russian: яхча́л (jaxčál) — (architecture) a type of icehouse, built mainly in Persia (present-day Iran)