khat
See also: khát
English
Alternative forms
- gat, kat, qat, quat, tschat
Etymology
From Arabic قَات (qāt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑːt/
- Rhymes: -ɑːt
Noun
khat (countable and uncountable, plural khats)
- A shrub, Catha edulis, whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
- Synonym: miraa
- 1967 July 9, Lawrence Fellows, “East Africa Turns On With Khat”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- They are chewing on khat, a small serrated, bitter leaf with remarkable stimulative properties. […] One of the great things about khat […] is that after a good chew you need to do something—walking, running, chopping wood, vigorously reciting a poem, throwing a grenade, anything that requires boldness and physical initiative.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:
- Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
- 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin 2014, p. 25:
- ‘And skinny Arab beggars who chew qat all day long to kill their appetites and get high on the weed.’
- 2011 May 24, Jay Bahadur, “Somali pirate: 'We're not murderers… we just attack ships'”, in the Guardian:
- Habitually munching on narcotic leaves of khat, they are easy enough to spot, their gleaming Toyota four-wheel-drives slicing paths around beaten-up wheelbarrows and pushcarts.
Translations
shrub (Catha edulis)
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drug
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Further reading
khat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Kath, takh
Finnish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Arabic قَات (qāt).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑt/, [ˈkɑt̪]
- IPA(key): /ˈkhɑt/, [ˈkhɑt̪]
- Rhymes: -ɑt
- Syllabification(key): kat, khat
Noun
khat
- khat (plant)
- khat (drug)
Declension
| Inflection of khat (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | khat | — | |
| genitive | khatin | — | |
| partitive | khatia | — | |
| illative | khatiin | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | khat | — | |
| accusative | nom. | khat | — |
| gen. | khatin | ||
| genitive | khatin | — | |
| partitive | khatia | — | |
| inessive | khatissa | — | |
| elative | khatista | — | |
| illative | khatiin | — | |
| adessive | khatilla | — | |
| ablative | khatilta | — | |
| allative | khatille | — | |
| essive | khatina | — | |
| translative | khatiksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | khatitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of khat (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | khatini | khatimme |
| 2nd person | khatisi | khatinne |
| 3rd person | khatinsa | |
Synonyms
- (plant): kati, katpensas, khatpensas
French
Alternative forms
- qat
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kat/
Noun
khat m (plural khats)
- khat; qat
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Hyphenation: khàt
Noun
khat m (invariable)
- Alternative form of chat (“khat”)
Nga La
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khat, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kat.
Numeral
khat
- one
References
- Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007
Portuguese
Noun
khat m (plural khats)
- khat (Catha edulis, a shrub of eastern Africa and Arabia, used as a drug)
Tedim Chin
Etymology
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khat, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kat.
Numeral
khat
- one
References
- Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰat˧˩/
Numeral
khàt
- Alternative form of khet (“one”)
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 55