Synonyms for nargileh
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nahr-guh-lee, -ley |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɑr gə li, -ˌleɪ |
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Définition of nargileh
Origin :- "oriental water pipe for smoking," 1839, from French narghileh, from Persian nargileh, from nargil "cocoa-nut," of which the bowl was originally made. The Persian word is probably from Sanskrit narikerah, which may be from a Dravidian source.
- As in water pipe : noun pipe through which water moves
- If the Pasha of Damascus were to go himself, the Bedouins would unveil his harem while he was smoking his nargileh.'
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- Then, seating himself on the divan, he clapped his hands, and an attendant brought him his nargileh.
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- I lighted a cigar, and Akong smoked his hubble-bubble, a small copy of the nargileh of the Turks.
- Extract from : « St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 4, February 1878 » by Various
- The chibouque and nargileh and coffee belong to the divan, as the parts of harmony to each other.
- Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. II, No. X., March 1851 » by Various
- Almost everybody else was puffing away at a tchibouque or nargileh, and the place was one cloud of smoke.
- Extract from : « Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century » by W. H. Davenport Adams
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