Hookah Definition
ho͝okə
hookahs
noun
hookahs
A kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long, flexible tube by means of which the smoke is drawn through water in a vase or bowl and thereby cooled.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- hubbly-bubbly
- hubble-bubble
- water-pipe
- kalian
- calean
- chicha
- narghile
- shisha
- sheesha
- nargileh
Other Word Forms of Hookah
Noun
Singular:
hookah
Plural:
hookahsOrigin of Hookah
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Urdu ḥuqqa small box, hookah water urn from Persian from Arabic small box or jar from ḥaqqa to be suitable ḥqq in Semitic roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Urdu حقہ (huqqā), from Arabic حقة (ħúqqa, “pot, jar”), from حق (ħuqq, “cavity, hollow”).
From Wiktionary
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