khat

See also: khát, khất, khật, and khắt

English

Catha edulis

Alternative forms

• gat, kat, qat, qhat, quat, tschat

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːt/, /kat/, /kæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːt, -æt
• Homophones: cat, Cat, kat, cart

Noun

khat (countable and uncountable, plural khats)

1. 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.

   Synonyms: Bushman's tea, miraa

   • 1967 July 9, Lawrence Fellows, “East Africa Turns On With Khat”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     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, published 1992, page 31:

     Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.

   • 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 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^[2]:

     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

Catha edulis

• Afrikaans: boesmanstee
• Amharic: ጫት (č̣at)
• Arabic: قات (qāt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巧茶 (qiǎochá)

• Czech: kata jedlá
• Danish: kat (da), khat
• Dutch: qat (nl)
• Esperanto: ĉato
• Estonian: katapõõsas
• Finnish: khat (fi), kati (fi), katpensas (fi), khatpensas
• French: qat (fr) m, khat (fr) m
• Galician: qat
• Georgian: კათი (ḳati)
• German: Kathstrauch m
• Hebrew: קאת (he)
• Hungarian: kat (hu)
• Icelandic: khat
• Indonesian: qat
• Irish: cait (ga)
• Japanese: チャット (ja), カート (ja), アラビアチャノキ
• Javanese: khat
• Korean: 까트 (kkateu)
• Latvian: katas koks
• Lithuanian: arabinis dusūnas
• Malay: qat
• Norwegian: khat
• Pashto: قات
• Persian: قات (fa)
• Polish: czuwaliczka jadalna
• Portuguese: khat
• Russian: кат (ru) m (kat)
• Sinhalese: කාට් (kāṭ)
• Somali: qaad (so), jaad (so)
• Swahili: miraa (sw)
• Swedish: kat (sv)
• Thai: คัต (th) (kát), แกต (gɛ̀ɛt)
• Turkish: gat (tr)
• Ukrainian: кат (uk) (kat)
• Urdu: قات (qāt)
• Vietnamese: lá khát
• Zulu: umhlwazi class 3/4

drug

• German: Kat (de) n
• Swedish: kat (sv)

Anagrams

• Kath, takh

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /kʰat˧/
• (Luxi) [kʰat⁵⁵]

Verb

khat

1. to drive (non-vehicular entities)

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[3], Payap University, page 54

Falam Chin

Pronunciation

• (Sun Thla) IPA^(key): [kʰə̀t̚]

Numeral

khat

1. one

References

• Amanda Bohnert, Emily Hanink, Em Em, Kelly Berkson (2026), “Sun Thla Falam Chin Swadesh List”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[4], volume 4, number 1

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَات (qāt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑt/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkhɑt/, [ˈkhɑ̝t̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑt
• Syllabification^(key): khat
• Hyphenation^(key): khat

Noun

khat

1. khat (plant)
2. 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	—
abessive		khatitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of khat (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative khatini — accusative nom. khatini — gen. khatini genitive khatini — partitive khatiani — inessive khatissani — elative khatistani — illative khatiini — adessive khatillani — ablative khatiltani — allative khatilleni — essive khatinani — translative khatikseni — abessive khatittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative khatisi — accusative nom. khatisi — gen. khatisi genitive khatisi — partitive khatiasi — inessive khatissasi — elative khatistasi — illative khatiisi — adessive khatillasi — ablative khatiltasi — allative khatillesi — essive khatinasi — translative khatiksesi — abessive khatittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative khatimme — accusative nom. khatimme — gen. khatimme genitive khatimme — partitive khatiamme — inessive khatissamme — elative khatistamme — illative khatiimme — adessive khatillamme — ablative khatiltamme — allative khatillemme — essive khatinamme — translative khatiksemme — abessive khatittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative khatinne — accusative nom. khatinne — gen. khatinne genitive khatinne — partitive khatianne — inessive khatissanne — elative khatistanne — illative khatiinne — adessive khatillanne — ablative khatiltanne — allative khatillenne — essive khatinanne — translative khatiksenne — abessive khatittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative khatinsa — accusative nom. khatinsa — gen. khatinsa genitive khatinsa — partitive khatiaan khatiansa — inessive khatissaan khatissansa — elative khatistaan khatistansa — illative khatiinsa — adessive khatillaan khatillansa — ablative khatiltaan khatiltansa — allative khatilleen khatillensa — essive khatinaan khatinansa — translative khatikseen khatiksensa — abessive khatittaan khatittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Synonyms

• (plant): kati, katpensas, khatpensas

Derived terms

compounds

• khatpensas

Further reading

• “khat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Alternative forms

• qat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat/

Noun

khat m (plural khats)

1. khat; qat

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay khat, from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, “line; stroke; stripe; ridge; handwriting; calligraphy; script”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈxat/ [ˈxat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: khat

Noun

khat (plural khat-khat)

1. line

   Synonym: garis

2. handwriting.

   Synonym: tulisan tangan

3. Arabic calligraphy

   Synonyms: seni khat, seni tulisan Arab

4. palmar crease

   Synonyms: guratan, retak tangan, garis tangan, rajah

5. tattoo

   Synonyms: tato, cacah (uncommon), kirung (specifically on body)

Hyponyms

• khat diwani
• khat diwani jali
• khat farisi
• khat kufi
• khat naskhi
• khat rikah
• khat sulus

Further reading

• “khat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: khàt

Noun

khat m (invariable)

1. alternative form of chat (“khat”)

Mizo

Numeral

khat

1. inanimate of pakhat

Adjective

khat (stem II khah)

1. full

Further reading

• Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “khat”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society

Nga La

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khat, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kat.

Numeral

khat

1. one

References

• Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Portuguese

Noun

khat m (plural khats)

1. khat (Catha edulis, a shrub of eastern Africa and Arabia, used as a drug)

Swedish

Noun

khat c

1. alternative form of kat (“khat”)

Declension

Declension of khat

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	khat	khats
	definite	khaten	khatens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “khat”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “khat”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khat, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kat.

Numeral

khat

1. one

References

• Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Zou

Zou cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : khàt     Ordinal : khàtna

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *khat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰʌ̀t]
• Hyphenation: khat

Numeral

khàt

1. one

Article

khàt

1. The indefinite article: a, an

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 10
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 55