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Jhalaar (Punjabi: Shahmukhi جهلار or Gurmukhi ਝਲਾਰ) ''English Translation'' : An excavation by the side of a pond, river or canal from which water is taken up for irrigation, a waterfall. A jhalaar is a method of irrigation from an open surface of water by means of the Persian wheel. There are several kinds of jhalaar. *''Aral'' or ''bahar budhi'' is a small contrivance having a few large pots and worked by one only bullock. *The ''tangan'' or ''utangan'' is used when water is at a medium distance. The wheel of a ''tangan'' contain fifty to sixty pots. *The ''baghar'' or ''double jhlaar'' is used when the distance from water is very great, one wheel conveying the water to an intermediate reservoir where the second wheel is used. *A ''jung'' or ''do charkhi'' is one in which there are two wheels playing into the same reservoir. *On the rivers the jhlaars are only employed where banks are not susceptible to erosion, and consequently they are uncommon on the Chenab. They are most frequently found on the Sutlej and on the Sidhnai reach of the Ravi. *''Ponds'' or ''depressions'' sometimes water is lifted from ponds and depressions in the same way. *''In the canal'' irrigated tracts the jhalaars are found occasionally on the canals themselves but more often on the water sources taking out of them. Jhalaars were commonly found in most parts of Punjab like Jhang and Multan but are rarely seen now as water pumping engines have replaced them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jhalaar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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