Etymology

khat

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Arabic قَات
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromقَات
  2. Arabic · borrowed fromقَات
  3. English todaykhat

Borrowed from Arabic قَات (qāt).

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