قات

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From قَتَّ (qatta, to cut lengthwise), by the same token as قَتّ (qatt, lucerne).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَات (qātm

  1. khat (Catha edulis)

Descendants

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kat (layer); cognate with Azerbaijani qat, Bashkir ҡат (qat), Crimean Tatar qat, Kazakh қат (qat), Kyrgyz кат (kat), Turkmen gat, Uyghur قات (qat) and Uzbek qat.

Noun

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قات (kat)

  1. coat, layer, a single thickness of some material covering a surface
    Synonym: تبقه (tabaka)
  2. fold, an act of bending a material over so that it comes in contact with itself
    Synonym: بوكلوم (büklüm)
  3. (sewing) pleat, a fold in the fabric of a garment as a part of its design
  4. (architecture) storey, deck, a floor or level of a building or ship

Adverb

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قات (kat)

  1. in layers, coats
  2. in several storeys
  3. time after time, repeatedly

Derived terms

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Uyghur

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kat.[1][2] Cognates with Turkish kat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قات (qat) (plural قاتلار (qatlar))

  1. layer, tier
  2. lining

References

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  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kat”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 593
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kat”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Further reading

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  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN