hookah

Meaning

Noun

• A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored.
• A tank-less surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask

Origin

• From Hindi हुक़्क़ा and Urdu حقہ, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة ("pot, jar"), from حُقّ.