Etymology

narghile

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Today it means: A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. Full definition →

French narghilé ← Turkish nargile ← Persian نارگیله
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The story

  1. Dravidian · derived from
  2. Sanskrit · derived fromनारिकेल“a coconut”
  3. Persian · derived fromنارگیله
  4. Turkish · derived fromnargile
  5. French · borrowed fromnarghilé
  6. English todaynarghile

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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