narghile
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nar·ghi·le
or nar·gi·le also nar·gi·leh (när′gə-lē′)n.
See hookah.
[French narghilé, obsolete variant of narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh, from nārgīl, coconut (from which the receptacle was made), from Sanskrit nārikelaḥ, nālikeraḥ.]
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narghile
(ˈnɑːɡɪlɪ; -ˌleɪ) ,nargile
,nargileh
ornarguileh
n
(Recreational Drugs) another name for hookah
[C19: from French narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh a pipe having a bowl made of coconut shell, from nārgīl coconut]
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nar•ghi•le
or nar•gi•leh
(ˈnɑr gə li, -ˌleɪ)n., pl. -les or -lehs.
a tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water before reaching the lips; hookah.
[1830–40; < Turkish nargile < Persian nārgīleh, derivative of nārgīl coconut, from which the bowl was formerly made]
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Noun | 1. | narghile - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola" pipe, tobacco pipe - a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco |
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