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Where does “narguile” come from?

narguile (Spanish) comes from French narguilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله, from Persian نارگیل, from Middle Persian anārgēl, from Sanskrit नारिकेल — coconut; the coconut tree.

narguile (Spanish): hookah

Definitions

  1. hookah

Ancestry of “narguile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchnarguilénarghile, water pipe
2Turkishnargilehookah
3Persianنارگیلهnarghile, hookah
4Persianنارگیلcoconut
5Middle Persiananārgēl—
6Sanskritनारिकेलcoconut; the coconut tree
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