Etymology

shisha

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Today it means: An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah. Full definition →

Egyptian Arabic شيشة ← Ottoman Turkish شیشه ← Classical Persian شیشه
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The story

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromشیشه“glass, mirror”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromشیشه
  3. Egyptian Arabic · borrowed fromشيشة
  4. English todayshisha

Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.