narghile

American  

[nahr-guh-lee, -ley] / ˈnɑr gə li, -ˌleɪ /

Or nargile,

noun

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

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narghile British  

/ -ˌleɪ, ˈnɑːɡɪlɪ /

noun

1. another name for hookah

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Etymology

Origin of narghile

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

Example Sentences

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

They all drink coffee, and inhale the cold fumes of the narghile; they talk rather gently the one to the other, or else are silent. 

From Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by Kinglake, Alexander William

The whole of Turkey is bubbling with labour unrest like the rosewater in a narghile.

From The Hohenzollerns in America by Leacock, Stephen

Some of the Egyptians use a form of hookah called the narghile or nargeeleh—so named because the water is contained in the shell of a cocoanut of which the Arabic name is nargeeleh.

From Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce by Billings, E. R.

But the "narghile," the "kaleoon," the "hookah," the "hubble-bubble," whence came they?

From Notes and Queries, Number 40, August 3, 1850 by Various