narghile

American  

[nahr-guh-lee, -lay] / 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  

/ ˈnɑːɡɪlɪ, -ˌleɪ /

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

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Example Sentences

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narghile

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

His meal over, the young Turk stretches himself on the floor in true Eastern style, and begins carelessly to smoke a narghile.

From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Henry Murger

In short, there was no means of killing time but the narghile, no horse, no gun, nothing, and yet they did not seem bored. 

From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross

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 Katharine Prescott Wormeley

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 E. R. Billings

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