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narghile

narg·hile

UK/ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/ US/-leɪ/ uncommon

noun

1.

an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water

  • “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”
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Origin

From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله (nârgile) from نارگیل (nârgil, “a coconut”), which was formerly used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “a coconut”), from a Dravidian language.

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