hookah

Meaning

1. A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
2. A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.

Synonyms

hubble-bubble

water pipe

narghile

shisha

nargileh

bong

hooka

calean

hubbly-bubbly

kalian

sheesha

chicha

pipe

water-pipe

nargile

hubble-bubble pipe

hubbly bubbly

Translations

narghilè

narguilé

ναργιλές

Wasserpfeife

narguile

narguilé

شيشة

nargile

houka

waterpijp

Shisha

chicha

🥩

narghilé

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhʊ.kə/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and , in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”).

Sentences

Then he sat in the sun-filled doorway , smoking the hookah .