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• Hookah — Hook ah (h[oo^]k [.a]), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. Also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hookah — also hooka, 1763, from Arabic huqqah small box, vessel (through which the smoke is drawn), extended in Urdu to the whole apparatus …   Etymology dictionary

• hookah — ► NOUN ▪ an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water in a bowl. ORIGIN Urdu, from Arabic, casket, jar …   English terms dictionary

• hookah — or hooka [hook′ə, ho͞o′kə] n. [Ar ḥuqqa, pipe for smoking, vase] a kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it …   English World dictionary

• Hookah — Qalyan redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Qolian, Lorestan. The homophone hooka can refer to surface supplied underwater diving. An Egyptian hookah (shisha). A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari …   Wikipedia

• hookah — UK [ˈhʊkə] / US noun [countable] Word forms hookah : singular hookah plural hookahs a pipe for smoking tobacco or drugs that has a long tube and pulls the smoke through a small container of water …   English dictionary

• hookah — noun a pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water. Originally invented in India, it gained most popularity in the Arab world. It is traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored. In India, the lower orders …   Wiktionary

• Hookah lounge — The hookah lounge (also called a shisha bar or den, especially in Britain and parts of Canada, or a hookah bar) is an establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored tobacco) from a communal hookah or nargile which is placed at each table.… …   Wikipedia

• Hookah (Tauchen) — Als Hookah Tauchen (engl. hookah diving, gelegentlich auch nargileh/narghile diving) bezeichnet man das Tauchen mit schlauchgestützter Luftversorgung und modernem Gerät. Die Methode wird manchmal auch als „Nabelschnur“ oder einfach Luftschlauch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Hookah-Tauchen — Als Hookah Tauchen (engl. hookah diving, gelegentlich auch nargileh/narghile diving) bezeichnet man das Tauchen mit schlauchgestützter Luftversorgung und modernem Gerät. Die Methode wird manchmal auch als „Nabelschnur“ oder einfach Luftschlauch… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• hookah — noun Etymology: Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe Date: 1763 water pipe 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary