narghile
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From Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگيله (nārgileh) from نارگیل (nārgil, coconut, which used to be used to construct the bowl), from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”).[1]
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narghile (plural narghiles)
- A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
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- ^ "narghile." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)., The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2008.
