huqqa

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A form of hookah — A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.

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Meanings

nounhuqqa (plural huqqas)

plural huqqas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of hookah.

    Smoking a huqqa was a common pastime among the Indian nobility.

    2014, Navina Najat Haidar, Courtney Ann Stewart, Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection, page 39
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    She never smoked, which surprised me: having seen the Musulman ladies so fond of a huqqa, I concluded the Mahratta ladies indulged in the same luxury.

    1850, Fanny Parkes Parlby, Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque

    As far as I know this is the earliest representation of a huqqa in Indian painting.

    1962, The British Museum Quarterly, volume 25, page 92
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