shisha
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish شیشه şişe, from Classical Persian شیشه (šīša, “glass, mirror”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːʃə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
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
arabic water-pipe — see hookah
Further reading
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Japanese
Romanization
shisha
Spanish
Noun
shisha f (plural shishas)
Uzbek
| Other scripts | |
|---|---|
| Yangi Imlo | |
| Cyrillic | шиша |
| Latin | shisha |
| Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan) |
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Noun
shisha (plural shishalar)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | shisha | shishalar |
| genitive | shishaning | shishalarning |
| dative | shishaga | shishalarga |
| definite accusative | shishani | shishalarni |
| locative | shishada | shishalarda |
| ablative | shishadan | shishalardan |
| similative | shishadek | shishalardek |