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nar·ghi·le also nar·gi·leh  audio  (närg-l) KEY 

NOUN:
See hookah.

ETYMOLOGY:
French narghilé, obsolete variant of narguilé, from Persian nrgleh, from nrgl, coconut (from which the receptacle was made), from Sanskrit nrikela, nlikera


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