Etymology

dokha

D2O1K5H4A1

Today it means: A form of uncured, minimally processed tobacco from the Middle East. Full definition →

Arabic دَوْخَة
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Arabic · borrowed fromدَوْخَة“dizziness”
  2. English todaydokha

From Arabic دَوْخَة (dawḵa, “dizziness”), in reference to the effects of its high nicotine content.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.