chibouk

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noun

A Turkish tobacco pipe.

OriginFrench chibouque ← Ottoman Turkish چبوق →
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Meanings

nounchibouk (plural chibouks)

plural chibouks · alternative chibouque · alternative chibook · alternative shebook

  1. A Turkish tobacco pipe.

    Half a dozen chibouks, with amber mouthpieces and cherry or jasmine-wood stems, leant in a corner.

    1892, George Alfred Henty, In Greek Waters

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishچبوق
  2. Frenchchibouque
  3. Englishchibouk

Borrowed from French chibouque, from Ottoman Turkish چبوق (çibuk, çıbuk, çubuk) (modern Turkish çubuk).

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Translations

French chibouque
  • chibouqueTurkish tobacco pipe
German Tschibuk
  • TschibukTurkish tobacco pipe
Hungarian csibuk
  • csibukTurkish tobacco pipe
Russian чубу́к
  • чубу́к (čubúk)Turkish tobacco pipe
Turkish çubuk
  • çubukTurkish tobacco pipe
Cite this entry
APA

chibouk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chibouk

MLA

“chibouk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chibouk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chibouk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chibouk.

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