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hookah
(ho̵ok′ə, ho̵̅o̅′kə)
or hooka
noun
a kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it
Origin: Ar ḥuqqa, pipe for smoking, vase
See hookah in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
An Eastern smoking pipe designed with a long tube passing through an urn of water that cools the smoke as it is drawn through. Also called hubble-bubble, narghile.
Origin:
Origin: Urdu
Origin: , from Arabic ḥuqqa, small box, the hookah's water urn
Origin: , from ḥaqqa, to be true, be suitable; see ḥqq in Semitic roots
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