yakhchal

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Classical Persian یَخْچَال (yaxčāl, literally “ice pit”). === Noun === yakhchal (plural yakhchals) (architecture) 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Often italicised. There is some overlap between buildings called yakhchal and those called abanbar (“water reservoir”). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Ab anbar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia