Where does “شيشة” come from?
شيشة (Libyan Arabic) comes from Ottoman Turkish شیشه, from Persian شیشه, from Middle Persian šyšk' — bottle, flask.
شيشة (Libyan Arabic): bottle; hookah
Ancestry of “شيشة”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شیشه | — |
| 2 | Persian | شیشه | glass |
| 3 | Middle Persian | šyšk' | bottle, flask |