narghile
Americannoun
noun
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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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
In the Greek settlement in the vicinity of Third and Folsom streets you will see narghile water pipes displayed in the windows alongside Russian brasses and Byzantine ware.
From Fascinating San Francisco by Andrew Y. Wood
He set before him a narghile and little cups of sherbet, and then they settled down comfortably to their pipes, but neither of them uttered a word.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
When we found him he was sitting on a divan of velvet, smoking his narghile.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
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 Hermann Sudermann
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