shisha

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: Shisha

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة(šīša), from Turkish şişe, from Persian شیشه(šiša, glass, mirror).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)

  1. (countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
    Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile
  2. The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
    Synonym: maassel
  3. (textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
    Synonym: mirrorwork

Translations[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

shisha

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ししゃ

Uzbek[edit]

Uzbek Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia uz
Other scripts
Cyrillic шиша (shisha)
Latin shisha
Perso-Arabic

Noun[edit]

shisha (plural shishalar)

  1. glass
  2. bottle
    Synonym: butilka

Declension[edit]