narghile

英 ['nɑːgɪleɪ; -lɪ]
  • n. 水烟筒

英英释义


1. an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water;
"a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"

英文词源


narghile (n.)
"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pipe for smoking," 1839, from French narghileh, from Persian nargileh, from nargil "cocoa-nut," of which the bowl was originally made.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.