Nargilies

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A type of waterpipe commonly used for smoking flavored tobacco; a device consisting of a water chamber and a hose through which smoke is inhaled; an apparatus traditionally used in Middle Eastern and South Asian cultures for social smoking
2. A smoking instrument featuring a water-filled base to cool and filter smoke from tobacco or other substances; a cultural artifact for communal use in various regions; a tubing device that draws smoke through water before inhalation
3. A hookah setup employed for flavored tobacco consumption involving a water reservoir and flexible hose; an item used in group smoking settings especially in certain ethnic traditions; a method for smoking that cools smoke by passing it through water before breath intake

Etymology: "Nargilies" is the plural of "nargily," the English word for a water-pipe used for smoking. The singular form entered English from Turkish, where the pipe is called "nargile," itself borrowed from Persian "nārgīl," meaning "coconut," a reference to the coconut-shell body that many of these pipes were built around. The plural follows the English habit of adding "-es," giving "nargilies" for more than one pipe.

Synonyms: hookahs, water pipes, shishas, hubble-bubbles, narghiles