Where does “hookah” come from?

Hookah is an English borrowing from Hindi हुक़्क़ा, a water pipe for smoking tobacco.

hookah (English): A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the...

Definitions

  1. A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the...

Ancestry of “hookah”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Urduحقہhookah
2Classical Persianحقه
3Arabicحُقَّةpot, jar
Every word from Arabic حُقَّةEvery word from Classical Persian حقهEvery word from Urdu حقہ