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hookah

Meaninga hollow vessel

Common meaning: a water pipe for smoking

Journey through time

  1. Arabichugg‘a hollow place’source
  2. Arabicmeaning shiftsa hollow place → a casket, a smoking pipehugga‘a casket, a smoking pipe’source
  3. Englishhookah‘a water pipe for smoking’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Arabic hugg ‘a hollow vessel’.

Roots

  • hugg Arabic “a hollow vessel”

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