HOOKAH (the

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• ENGLISH

English spelling of the

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• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian and Hindustani huqqu, an

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• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Arabic huqqah, a

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• VASE
• VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)

vase or

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• CASKET

casket, and by transference a

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• PIPE

pipe for smoking, probably derived from the Arabic huqq, a hollow

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• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place)  , a pipe with a long flexible tube attached to a large bowl containing water, often scented, and resting upon a tripod or stand . The smoke of the tobacco is made to pass through the water in the bowl, and is thus cooled before reaching the smoker . The narghile of India is in principle the same as that of the hookah; the word is derived from nargil, an Indian name for the coco-nut tree, as when the narghile was first made the water was placed in a coco-nut . This receptacle is now often made of porcelain, glass or metal . In the hubble-bubble the pipe is so contrived that the water in the bowl makes a bubbling noise while the pipe is being smoked . This pipe is common in India, Egypt and the East generally .