hookah
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hookah
- /ˈhʊ.kə/ UK
- /ˈhu.kə/ US
- /ˈhʊ.kə/ US
Sounds like hooker (UK, non-rhotic) · Rhymes with -ʊkə, -uːkə
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”).
noun hookahs · hooka · hooker · houka · hukka · hukkah
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A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke
Similar: hubble-bubble, hubbly bubbly, narghile, shisha
- A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.
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noun pipe
| Español | narguile, shisha |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 수연통 suyeontong, 물담배 muldambae, 후카 huka |
| 日本語 | 水タバコ mizu-tabako, 水煙管 mizu-giseru, 水パイプ mizu-paipu, シーシャ shiisha |
| 中文 | 水煙 /水烟 shuǐyān, 水煙筒 /水烟筒 shuǐyāntǒng, 水煙袋 /水烟袋 shuǐyāndài |
| हिन्दी | हुक़्क़ा huqqā, हुक्का hukkā |
| Português | narguilé, xixa, arguile |
| Français | houka, narguilé, chicha |
| Deutsch | Wasserpfeife, Schischa, Shisha |
| Italiano | narghilè |
| Ελληνικά | ναργιλές nargilés |
| Română | narghilea |
| Русский | калья́н kalʹján |
| Tiếng Việt | shisha |
| العربية | شِيشَة šīša, نَارْجِيلَة nargīla, أَرْكِيلَة ʔargīla |
| עברית | נַרְגִּילָה nargíla |
Talk about this word "hookah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hookah. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hookah. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hookah "hookah." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hookah.Cite this
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title = {hookah},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hookah},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
