Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

narghile

/ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: narghile
IPA: /ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.

Example Sentences

"He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends."

Etymology

From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله (nârgile) from نارگیل (nârgil, “a coconut”), which was formerly used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “a coconut”), from a Dravidian language.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: narghilé, nargile, نارگیله, नारिकेल

Inflected Forms

narghiles (plural) nargeela (alternative) nargeelah (alternative) narghil (alternative) narghileh (alternative) narghilly (alternative) narghily (alternative) nargil (alternative) nargile (alternative) nargileh (alternative) nargili (alternative) nargilly (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

hubbly bubbly

Synonyms

hookah shisha waterpipe nargileh sheesha chicha calean kalian water pipe hubble-bubble hubbly-bubbly

Questions

How do you pronounce narghile?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/.
What does narghile mean?: A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.
Where does narghile come from?: It is traced to French.

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