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Definition of Aflaj
1. Noun. (agriculture) An irrigation system which catches mountain water and controls its movement down man-made subterranean channels, found in Oman. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aflaj
1. falaj [n] - See also: falaj
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aflaj
Literary usage of Aflaj
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and aflaj and el Harik below it and to the south and south-west respectively.
The principal town is Majma the former capital of Suder, a walled town ..."
2. The Penetration of Arabia: A Record of the Development of Western Knowledge by David George Hogarth (1904)
"... during his stay in southern Nejd was by his excursion to aflaj. This province,
long known by name, had always been misplaced on maps of Arabia. ..."
3. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society ...: General index to the by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Hume Greenfield, Henry Walter Bates (1864)
"I myself did not visit it in person, though I was near its upper end in the
aflaj ; indeed as the murder of a tobacco-smoker (or " drinker of the shameful," ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1864)
"... in the province of El-aflaj, which wad/, 'according to Mr. Palgrave, becomes
entangled ... in that direction is to the eastward of El-aflaj and the Wadi ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1864)
"... in the province of El-aflaj, which wadi, according to Mr. Palgrave, becomes
entangled and ultimately loses itself in the Jebel ..."
6. United Arab Emirates: A New Perspective by Ibrahim Abed, Peter Hellyer (2001)
"The most efficient system is the /à/q/' (pi. aflaj), initially a tunnel reaching for
... The oldest aflaj in this region have been dated to around 1000 BC. ..."
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