hookah

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ (ḥqh) / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and , in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”).

noun

1. (recreational inhalants) A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
   In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from. 1831, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement and Instruction
   The lounge was furnished in old English oak and big Knole settees. There were rugs from Tabriz and Kerman on the highly polished floor. […] A table lamp was fashioned from a silver Egyptian hookah. 1954, Alexander Alderson, chapter 18, in The Subtle Minotaur
2. (diving) A tank-less surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask