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Khan vs Khat - What's the difference?

khan | khat |

As adjectives the difference between khan and khat

is that khan is hoarse while khat is thirsty (needing to drink).

As a noun khan

is a set of three of the same card.

khan

English

Etymology 1

Via late (etyl) from (etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • after Genghis Khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages
  • an Ottoman sultan
  • a noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan
    • Derived terms
    * khanate

    References

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan
  • :* 1923': ‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The '''kh?n of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied. — ''The Thousand Nights and One Night , tr. Powys Mathers

    • See also

    * caravanserai

    Anagrams

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    khat

    English

    (wikipedia khat)

    Alternative forms

    * gat, kat, qat, quat, tschat

    Noun

  • A shrub whose leaves are used as a mild stimulant when chewed or brewed as tea; also a drug produced from this plant.
  • * 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p. 31:
    • Of course he was an amateur of quat – hashish – which delighted the cops.
  • * 2011 , Jay Badahur, The Guardian , 24 May 2011:
    • 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.

    Synonyms

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