narghile
English
editAlternative forms
edit- nargeela, nargeelah, narghil, narghileh, narghilly, narghily, nargil, nargile, nargileh, nargili, nargilly, nargily, narguileh
Etymology
editFrom 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
editnarghile (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
edittobacoo pipe — see hookah
References
edit- ^ “narghile”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
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editSpanish
editNoun
editnarghile m (plural narghiles)
- Alternative form of narguile
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