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kalian /kaˈljɑːn /
noun a Persian tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws the smoke through water; a hookah.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: Persian qalyān, apparently from Arabic ḡalyūn, in the same sense; compare with calean.
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