narghile

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narghile

/ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/
/-leɪ/

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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.

noun narghiles · nargeela · nargeelah · narghil · narghileh · narghilly

A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.
Similar: hookah, shisha, waterpipe

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@misc{narghile_2026,
  title = {narghile},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/narghile},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}