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noun
A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: hookah, shisha, waterpipe
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hookah, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pipe, tobacco pipe
History
From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله (nârgile) from نارگیل (nârgil, “a coconut”), which was formerly used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “a coconut”), from a Dravidian language.
