Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The South Asian handicraft of embroidering fabric with small mirrors.
- noun Flavored tobacco smoked in a hookah, usually mixed with molasses or honey and often fruit pulp or dried fruits.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hindi śīśā and Urdu šīšā, glass, mirror, from Persian šīša.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Arabic šīša, glass bottle of a hookah, hookah, from Persian šīša, glass, bottle (probably partly via Turkish şişe, bottle).]
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