Agency Dictionary
Hookah
nounPronunciation: /ˈhʊk.ə/
In Portuguese: Narguilé
Culture & IdentityWhat does “Hookah” mean?
A traditional water pipe of Middle Eastern origin used for smoking specially prepared flavored tobacco.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani huqqa, which comes from Arabic huqqa, "pot, jar", a word for a small vessel. The name of the container passed to the whole pipe, in which the smoke is drawn through water held in a jar. English took the word in India. Other names for the same pipe are narghile, from the Persian word for coconut, and shisha.
Usage note
Hookah is the usual word in American English and in South Asia; shisha is more common in Britain and the Arab world, where it can also mean the flavoured tobacco.
Synonyms
- water pipe
- narghile
- shisha
- hubble-bubble
Usage examples
This was a company responsible for not only bringing but also popularizing the cultural habit of smoking Hookah from the Middle East to Brazil.
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