xixa

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English shisha, from Egyptian Arabic شيشة‎ (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (şişe), from Persian ‎ (šīša, “glass, mirror”).

Noun

xixa m (plural xixas)

hookah; narghile (Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water)

Synonyms

(hookah): narguile, narguilé, narguilê, arguile

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