narghile

Meaning

A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.

Synonyms

hookah

hubble-bubble

water pipe

chicha

calean

hubbly-bubbly

kalian

sheesha

shisha

nargileh

water-pipe

Translations

nargile

narguilé

narguile

narghilé

narguilé

ναργιλές

narghilè

narguil

Nargileh

houka

Wasserpfeife

نارجيل

narghileh

chicha

Etymology

From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله (nârgile) from نارگیل (nârgil, “coconut”), which used to be used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”), from a Dravidian language.