narghile
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of narghile
1830–40; < Turkish nargile < Persian nārgīleh, derivative of nārgīl coconut, from which the bowl was formerly made
Example Sentences
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Sinan Sokmen, who runs a tour guide business in Istanbul and lives in Beyoglu, lamented that one of his favorite restaurants, which had a coat check and required a reservation, is now a narghile cafe.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2016
He was squatting on the floor next to an oriental coffee tray poking at a narghile that had gone out.
From The Song of Songs by Sudermann, Hermann
Some were playing games similar to our chess and backgammon, while others were looking on, and smoking the gurgling narghile, or water-pipe.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Allen, Thomas Gaskell
The whole of Turkey is bubbling with labour unrest like the rosewater in a narghile.
From The Hohenzollerns in America by Leacock, Stephen
Half reclining on a Turkish divan, enveloped in a long robe of India silk, he was smoking a narghile in an attitude of Oriental abandon, with his eyes fixed upon his garden.
From The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence by Sue, Eug?ne
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