The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromچِلَم
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaychillum
Borrowed from Hindustani चिलम (cilam) / چِلَم (cilam), from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood. Full definition →
Borrowed from Hindustani चिलम (cilam) / چِلَم (cilam), from Classical Persian چِلَم (čilam).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.