narguile

See also: narguilé

Spanish

Alternative forms

narghile, narguilé

Etymology

Borrowed from French narguilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian (nârgile), from Persian (nârgil, “coconut”), from Middle Persian anārgēl, from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naɾˈɡile/ [naɾˈɣ̞i.le]
Rhymes: -ile
Syllabification: nar‧gui‧le

Noun

narguile m (plural narguiles)

hookah (pipe)
Synonyms: cachimba, hookah, shisha, kalyan, arguile, argila, pipa de agua

Further reading

“narguile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
narguile on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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