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Definition of Falaj
1. water channel [n AFLAJ]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Falaj
Literary usage of Falaj
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeology of the United Arab Emirates: Proceedings of the First by Daniel T. Potts, Hasan Al Naboodah, Peter Hellyer (2003)
"Wilkinson < 1977: 80| indicates 20 m as Ihe average depth of ihe falaj. mentioning
... Therefore the modern falaj must How out on the surface downstream. ..."
2. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"There is usually a village near where the falaj comes out of the tunnel to form
an open stream. This is where the drinking water is collected by the women; ..."
3. A Reformer on the Throne: Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said by Sergey Plekhanov (2004)
"A falaj, similar to the Persian qanat, is an underground channel dug from an ...
Inside the palace a falaj flows, freshening the hot dry air of the desert. ..."
4. Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon by Franz Delitzsch (1882)
"17, Arab, falaj (from J^?, to divide, according to which Aquila, ... has the
explanation of tlie word : "falaj is the name given to flowing water, ..."
5. Chronicle of Progress by Peter Vine, Ibrahim Abed, Paula Casey-Vine, Abdullah Al Jabali (1996)
"24 April: Sheikh Zayed laid the foundation stone for the falaj al-Mualla electricity
plant and inspected work on the health clinic in Aï-Manama as well as ..."
6. Ancient Magan: The Secrets of Tell Abraq by Daniel T. Potts (2000)
"... Umm al-Qaiwain and falaj al-Mu'alla area, indeed to anyone who rode up the
track between Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, or travelled between Umm al-Qaiwain ..."
7. Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Quatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen by Editors of JPM Publications (2000)
"2(XX) BC Agriculture develops on the coastal plain and in sheltered valleys,
sustained by the falaj system of irrigation. 2nd century BC Oman is already a ..."
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