Where does “شيشة” come from?

شيشة (Gulf Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish شیشه, from Persian شیشه, from Middle Persian šyšk' — bottle, flask.

شيشة (Gulf Arabic): hookah

Definitions

  1. hookah

Ancestry of “شيشة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishشیشهbottle, a container made of blown glass used primarily for holding liquids
2Persianشیشهglass
3Middle Persianšyšk'bottle, flask
Every word from Middle Persian šyšk' →Every word from Persian شیشه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish شیشه →