narghile

or nar·gi·le, nar·gi·leh

[ nahr-guh-lee, -ley ]

/ ˈnɑr gə li, -ˌleɪ /

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noun

a Middle Eastern tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.

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Origin of narghile

1830–40; <Turkish nargile<Persian nārgīleh, derivative of nārgīl coconut, from which the bowl was formerly made

Words nearby narghile

narcotrafficking, nard, nardoo, nares, Narew, narghile, narial, nark, narky, Narmada, Narmer

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How to use narghile in a sentence

I used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.
War in the Garden of Eden|Kermit Roosevelt
He was squatting on the floor next to an oriental coffee tray poking at a narghile that had gone out.
The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann
He is sitting on a cushion, leaning against the wall and smoking his narghile.
The Syrian Christ|Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
His meal over, the young Turk stretches himself on the floor in true Eastern style, and begins carelessly to smoke a narghile.
Bohemians of the Latin Quarter|Henry Murger

The amber mouthpiece of a narghile was between her lips and she was enveloped in a cloud of pale smoke.
Tartarin de Tarascon|Alphonse Daudet

British Dictionary definitions for narghile

narghile

nargile or nargileh

/ (ˈnɑːɡɪlɪ, -ˌleɪ) /

noun

another name for hookah

Word Origin for narghile

C19: from French narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh a pipe having a bowl made of coconut shell, from nārgīl coconut

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