قات

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See also: قاب

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

قَات (qātm

  1. khat (Catha edulis)

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

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

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

قات (kat)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Uyghur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

قات (qat) (plural قاتلار (qatlar))

  1. layer, tier
  2. lining

References

  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

  • 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