shisha

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
2. (countable, uncountable) The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
3. (countable, uncountable) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.

Sinonieme

hookah

chicha

narghile

nargileh

water pipe

hubble-bubble

calean

hubbly-bubbly

kalian

sheesha

Vertalings

narguil

Schischa

chicha

narguilé

houka

narghilé

Chilam

Ghelyan

Narguilé

arguileh

chilam

ghelyan

narjila

shicha

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʃiːʃə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).