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hookah

or Ǵǰ·

[ hook-uh ]

noun

  1. a tobacco pipe of Near Eastern origin with a long, flexible tube by which the smoke is drawn through a jar of water and thus cooled.


hookah

/ ˈʊə /

noun

  1. an oriental pipe for smoking marijuana, tobacco, etc, consisting of one or more long flexible stems connected to a container of water or other liquid through which smoke is drawn and cooled Also calledhubble-bubblekaliannarghilewater pipe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hookah1

First recorded in 1755–65, hookah is from the Arabic word ḥu粹 box, vase, pipe for smoking
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hookah1

C18: from Arabic huqqah
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Shops have reopened, hookah smokers are back at crowded cafes, and the suburb seems as busy as before, with its persistently paralysing traffic.

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Amick also mentioned the beer and hookah hoo-ha, which triggered a flood of headlines.

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In an open-air, bustling café in Nasr City in Cairo, dozens of newly arrived refugees huddle in small groups, puffing on hookahs, sharing stories about their homeland.

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The daughter of a business manager and a teacher, she has been a belly dancer at a hookah bar and a “promo-girl” for a liquor distributor.

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Local media said it happened as patrons queued to enter a hookah and cigar lounge.

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