Meanings
plural shishas · alternative sheesha · alternative shishah
- countableuncountablebusinessA type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
Synonyms: mirrorwork
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
nounThe tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
nounA type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Classical Persianشیشه“glass, mirror”
- Ottoman Turkishشیشه
- Egyptian Arabicشيشة
- Englishshisha
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
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Cite this entry
shisha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shisha
“shisha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shisha. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shisha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shisha.
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