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
- A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the...
Ancestry of “hookah”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Urdu | حقہ | — |
| 2 | Classical Persian | حقه | — |
| 3 | Arabic | حُقَّة | pot, jar |