xixa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shisha, from Egyptian Arabic شيشة‎ (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه‎ (şişe), from Persian شیشه‎ (šiša, “glass, mirror”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃi.ʃɐ/

  • Hyphenation: xi‧xa

Noun

xixa m (plural xixas)

  1. shisha; hookah; narghile (Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water)
    Synonyms: narguile, narguilé, narguilê, arguile
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