narghile
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- nargeela, nargeelah, narghil, narghileh, narghilly, narghily, nargil, nargile, nargileh, nargili, nargilly, nargily, narguileh
Etymology[edit]
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”),[1] from a Dravidian language.
Noun[edit]
narghile (plural narghiles)
- A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
- Synonyms: hookah, waterpipe
- Coordinate terms: shisha, hubbly bubbly
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 76, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.
Translations[edit]
tobacoo pipe — see hookah
References[edit]
- ^ “narghile”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
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Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
narghile m (plural narghiles)
- Alternative form of narguile
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