"khat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑːt/, /kat/, /kæt/ Forms: khats [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːt, -æt Etymology: From Arabic قَات (qāt). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|قَات}} Arabic قَات (qāt), {{root|en|ar|ق ط ع}} Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Recreational drugs Categories (lifeform): Staff vine family plants Synonyms: Bushman's tea, miraa, gat, kat, qat, qhat, quat, tschat Translations (drug): Kat [neuter] (German), kat (Swedish) Translations (shrub (Catha edulis)): boesmanstee (Afrikaans), ጫት (č̣at) (Amharic), قات (qāt) (Arabic), 巧茶 (qiǎochá) (Chinese Mandarin), kata jedlá (Czech), kat (Danish), khat (Danish), qat (Dutch), ĉato (Esperanto), katapõõsas (Estonian), khat (Finnish), kati (Finnish), katpensas (Finnish), khatpensas (Finnish), qat [masculine] (French), khat [masculine] (French), qat (Galician), კათი (ḳati) (Georgian), Kathstrauch [masculine] (German), קאת (Hebrew), kat (Hungarian), khat (Icelandic), qat (Indonesian), cait (Irish), チャット (Japanese), カート (Japanese), アラビアチャノキ (Japanese), khat (Javanese), 까트 (kkateu) (Korean), katas koks (Latvian), arabinis dusūnas (Lithuanian), qat (Malay), khat (Norwegian), قات (Pashto), قات (Persian), czuwaliczka jadalna (Polish), khat (Portuguese), кат (kat) [masculine] (Russian), කාට් (kāṭ) (Sinhalese), qaad (Somali), jaad (Somali), miraa (Swahili), kat (Swedish), คัต (kát) (Thai), แกต (gɛ̀ɛt) (Thai), gat (Turkish), кат (kat) (Ukrainian), قات (qāt) (Urdu), lá khát (Vietnamese), umhlwazi [class-3, class-4] (Zulu)
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Terms with Afrikaans translations",
        "Terms with Amharic translations",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Indonesian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Javanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Pashto translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Sinhalese translations",
        "Terms with Somali translations",
        "Terms with Swahili translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Urdu translations",
        "Terms with Vietnamese translations",
        "Terms with Zulu translations",
        "en:Recreational drugs",
        "en:Staff vine family plants"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1967 July 9, Lawrence Fellows, “East Africa Turns On With Khat”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 31:",
          "text": "Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 25:",
          "text": "‘And skinny Arab beggars who chew qat all day long to kill their appetites and get high on the weed.’",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 May 24, Jay Bahadur, “Somali pirate: 'We're not murderers… we just attack ships'”, in the Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shrub",
          "shrub"
        ],
        [
          "Catha edulis",
          "Catha edulis#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "leaves",
          "leaf"
        ],
        [
          "mild",
          "mild"
        ],
        [
          "stimulant",
          "stimulant"
        ],
        [
          "chew",
          "chew"
        ],
        [
          "brew",
          "brew"
        ],
        [
          "tea",
          "tea"
        ],
        [
          "drug",
          "drug"
        ],
        [
          "produce",
          "produce"
        ],
        [
          "plant",
          "plant"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Bushman's tea"
        },
        {
          "word": "miraa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kat/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kæt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːt"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æt"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gat"
    },
    {
      "word": "kat"
    },
    {
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "word": "qhat"
    },
    {
      "word": "quat"
    },
    {
      "word": "tschat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "boesmanstee"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "č̣at",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "ጫት"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qāt",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "قات"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiǎochá",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "巧茶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "kata jedlá"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "kat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "ĉato"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "katapõõsas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "kati"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "katpensas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khatpensas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳati",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "კათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kathstrauch"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "קאת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "kat"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "cait"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "チャット"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "カート"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "アラビアチャノキ"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kkateu",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "까트"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "katas koks"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "arabinis dusūnas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "qat"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "قات"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "قات"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "czuwaliczka jadalna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "khat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kat",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "кат"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "kāṭ",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "කාට්"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "qaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "jaad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "miraa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "kat"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "kát",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "คัต"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɛ̀ɛt",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "แกต"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "gat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kat",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "кат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "qāt",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "قات"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "word": "lá khát"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "shrub (Catha edulis)",
      "tags": [
        "class-3",
        "class-4"
      ],
      "word": "umhlwazi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "drug",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "drug",
      "word": "kat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "khat"
}

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