Where does “shisha” come from?
shisha (English) comes from Egyptian Arabic شيشة, from Turkish şişe, from Ottoman Turkish شیشه, from Persian شیشه, from Middle Persian šyšk' — bottle, flask.
shisha (English): An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah; The tobacco...
Definitions
- An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah; The tobacco...
Ancestry of “shisha”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Egyptian Arabic | شيشة | — |
| 2 | Turkish | şişe | bottle; dative singular of şiş |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | شیشه | — |
| 4 | Persian | شیشه | glass |
| 5 | Middle Persian | šyšk' | bottle, flask |
Words derived from “shisha”