Hōōk'ah, n.

noun

n. [Hind. hukkah, a pipe in which tobacco is smoked, from Per. & Ar. hukkah, a round box or casket, a bottle through which the fumes pass when smoking tobacco.] A pipe, so arranged that the smoke is made to pass through water for the sake of cooling it.

An illustration of a seated bearded man smoking a hookah beside a small table.
Hookah.