xixa
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English shisha, from Egyptian Arabic شيشة (šīša), from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (şişe), from Persian شیشه (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