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

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

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

The stiff-stemmed Turkish pipes, quite different from the flexible tube of the hookah and narghile, are of two kinds, the kablioun or long pipe, and the chibouque or short pipe.

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

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

From The Hohenzollerns in America by Leacock, Stephen

Brave in heart but not in speech, Comte Adam merely stipulated that he should not be compelled to answer until he had finished his narghile.

From Paz by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott