narguile

See also: narguilé

Spanish

Alternative forms

narghile, narguilé

Etymology

Borrowed from French narguilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian ‎ (nârgile), from Persian ‎ (nârgil, “coconut”), from Middle Persian anārgēl, from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “coconut”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naɾˈɡile/ [naɾˈɣ̞i.le]
Rhymes: -ile
Syllabification: nar‧gui‧le

Noun

narguile m (plural narguiles)

hookah (pipe)
Synonyms: cachimba, hookah, shisha, kalyan, arguile, argila, pipa de agua

Further reading

“narguile”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
narguile on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

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