narghile
7 synonyms for narghile, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A large Oriental tobacco pipe in which smoke passes through water to be cooled and filtered.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
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.
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