Meanings
plural narghiles · alternative nargeela · alternative nargeelah · alternative narghil · alternative narghileh · alternative narghilly · alternative narghily · alternative nargil · alternative nargile · alternative nargileh · alternative nargili · alternative nargilly · alternative nargily · alternative narguileh
- A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.
1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 76, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
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Origin
- Dravidian
- Sanskritनारिकेल“a coconut”
- Persianنارگیله
- Turkishnargile
- Frenchnarghilé
- Englishnarghile
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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narghile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/narghile
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