shisha
See also: Shisha
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)
- (countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
- Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile
- The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
- Synonym: maassel
- (textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
- Synonym: mirrorwork
Translations
[edit]arabic water-pipe — see hookah
Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]shisha
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]shisha f (plural shishas)
Uzbek
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| Yangi Imlo | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | шиша |
| Latin | shisha |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
Noun
[edit]shisha (plural shishalar)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | shisha | shishalar |
| genitive | shishaning | shishalarning |
| dative | shishaga | shishalarga |
| definite accusative | shishani | shishalarni |
| locative | shishada | shishalarda |
| ablative | shishadan | shishalardan |
| similative | shishadek | shishalardek |
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- English terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- English terms derived from Classical Persian
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Textiles
- en:Smoking
- Japanese non-lemma forms
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