Hookah — Hook ah (h[oo^]k [.a]), n. [Per. or Ar. huqqa a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water. Also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hookah — also hooka, 1763, from Arabic huqqah small box, vessel (through which the smoke is drawn), extended in Urdu to the whole apparatus … Etymology dictionary
hookah — ► NOUN ▪ an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water in a bowl. ORIGIN Urdu, from Arabic, casket, jar … English terms dictionary
hookah — or hooka [hook′ə, ho͞o′kə] n. [Ar ḥuqqa, pipe for smoking, vase] a kind of water pipe associated with the Middle East, with a long flexible tube for drawing the smoke through water in a vase or bowl and cooling it … English World dictionary
Hookah — Qalyan redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Qolian, Lorestan. The homophone hooka can refer to surface supplied underwater diving. An Egyptian hookah (shisha). A hookah(Gujarati હૂકાહ) (Hindustani: हुक़्क़ा (Devanagari … Wikipedia
hookah — UK [ˈhʊkə] / US noun [countable] Word forms hookah : singular hookah plural hookahs a pipe for smoking tobacco or drugs that has a long tube and pulls the smoke through a small container of water … English dictionary
Hookah lounge — The hookah lounge (also called a shisha bar or den, especially in Britain and parts of Canada, or a hookah bar) is an establishment where patrons share shisha (flavored tobacco) from a communal hookah or nargile which is placed at each table.… … Wikipedia
Hookah (Tauchen) — Als Hookah Tauchen (engl. hookah diving, gelegentlich auch nargileh/narghile diving) bezeichnet man das Tauchen mit schlauchgestützter Luftversorgung und modernem Gerät. Die Methode wird manchmal auch als „Nabelschnur“ oder einfach Luftschlauch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Hookah-Tauchen — Als Hookah Tauchen (engl. hookah diving, gelegentlich auch nargileh/narghile diving) bezeichnet man das Tauchen mit schlauchgestützter Luftversorgung und modernem Gerät. Die Methode wird manchmal auch als „Nabelschnur“ oder einfach Luftschlauch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hookah — noun Etymology: Arabic ḥuqqa bottle of a water pipe Date: 1763 water pipe 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
