chibouk
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French chibouque, from Ottoman Turkish چبوق (çibuk, çıbuk, çubuk) (modern Turkish çubuk).[1]
Noun
editchibouk (plural chibouks)
- A Turkish tobacco pipe.
- 1892, George Alfred Henty, In Greek Waters
- Half a dozen chibouks, with amber mouthpieces and cherry or jasmine-wood stems, leant in a corner.
- 1892, George Alfred Henty, In Greek Waters
Translations
editTurkish tobacco pipe
References
edit- ^ "chibouk." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
French
editNoun
editchibouk m (plural chibouks)
- Alternative spelling of chibouque
Further reading
edit- “chibouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.