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narghile

 
Dictionary: nar·ghi·le  nar·gi·leh (när'gə-lē') pronunciation
also n.
See hookah.

[French narghilé, obsolete variant of narguilé, from Persian nārgīleh, from nārgīl, coconut (from which the receptacle was made), from Sanskrit nārikelaḥ, nālikeraḥ.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water
  Synonyms: hookah, hubble-bubble, kalian, water pipe


 
 
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