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 حُقَّة →Every word from Classical Persian حقه →Every word from Urdu حقہ →