kalian
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kalian
First recorded in 1825–35, kalian is from the Persian word qalyān
Example Sentences
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One kalian artist who abandoned paint and canvas altogether was Ettore Bugatti.
From Time Magazine Archive
Afterward we repair to Mirza Abdul Kiirim Khan's house to smoke the kalian and drink tea.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas
A neatly dressed attendant squats himself down on the shady side of the tent outside, and at ridiculously short intervals brings me in a newly primed kalian and a samovar of tea.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
While my volunteer cook is thus busily engaged, a company of distinguished travellers passing along the road halt at the tchai-khan to smoke a kalian and drink tea.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Stevens, Thomas
In cases of only one kalian and several guests, they smoke in order of position, but each one must pay the compliment of suggesting that some one else should smoke before himself.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)
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