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narghile

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Scrabble points
12
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14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/
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/ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/ · /-leɪ/

Definition of narghile

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. 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.”

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Etymology

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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