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narghile

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
narghile /ˈnärɡəlē, ˈnɑrɡəli / (also nargileh)
▸ noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws the smoke through water; a hookah.
– ORIGIN mid 18th century : from Persian nārgīl ‘coconut, hookah’, from Sanskrit nārikela ‘coconut’.