# khat
## English
### Alternative forms

* gat, kat, qat, qhat, quat, tschat

### Etymology

From Arabic قَات (qāt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑːt/, /kat/, /kæt/
* Rhymes: -ɑːt, -æt
* Homophones: cat, Cat

### 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.
    Synonyms: Bushman's tea, miraa
** 1967 July 9, Lawrence Fellows, “East Africa Turns On With Khat”, in The New York Times‎, →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: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
### Further reading

* khat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Kath, takh

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic قَات (qāt).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑt/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪]
* IPA: /ˈkhɑt/, [ˈkhɑ̝t̪]
* Rhymes: -ɑt
* Hyphenation: khat

### Noun

khat
* khat (plant)
* khat (drug)

#### Declension

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

* khatpensas

### Further reading

* “khat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* qat

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kat/

### Noun

khat m (plural khats)
* khat; qat

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)

## Swedish
### Noun

khat c
* Alternative form of kat (“khat”)

#### Declension
### References

* khat in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* khat in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

## 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: /kʰat˧˩/

### Numeral

khàt
* Alternative form of khet (“one”)

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 55