H_O_O_K_A_H Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 What do u guys generaly call it? I usually say "Narg" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartvarg1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 i like the word argileh. i don't know why, i just do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 argileh as well.im also used to saying it like that because its the greek word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Shisha is just more known in my city. Plus it flows well with our dialogue .Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Greater Syria calls it Narghile or nargeeleh this is Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and like he says Greece too. Turkey also. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah[/url] The mention that the Arabic word for grass is Chashishe. Chashishe is Hashish which is not grass. The word "assasian" comes from "hashish" since the boys would toke up before they went on their merry way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monil Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Here in UK us young people call it Shisha, the old people from back in the day know it was Hookah. I say Shisha when I'm with my friends and Hookah on this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarbyFett Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Ive always called it shisha here in texas. Same with my friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Eh, in public, everyone here just calles the activity smokign "hookah", and the tobacco "shisha". No one really cares to sound that traditional by calling it a argileh, so its just hookah here in Northern California. Atleast at my school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imonlyapuppet Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 ^ Same as above ^ We call the actual pipe the hookah, and the act of doing it is "smoking the hookah", and we call the tobacco "shisha" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monil Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Here they call it the shisha pipe..."lets go shisha" means lets go to a hookah lounge..."i wanna buy a shisha/shisha pipe/pipe at home" means i want a hookah at home!That's the way it is here in south london. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 I am going to be a stickler and put this link on again. [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hookah[/url] They say that "shisha" is Persian for glass. In India they call the whole thing "hookah". I checked this in a few places, also narghile for "cocout"( no need for water). The main thing is that we enjoy it. sheeshabum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntm82 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Anynone heard of "Hubbly Bubbly" or "Kalyun" (from Persian). In russian it is called Kalyan. T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Hookah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shift_Six Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 I heard that the proper term for the whole thing set up is shisha: as in hookah, packed bowl, and the smoking of it of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve07 Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Don't forget ma'asel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Shizzy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 ^ Kidding... My friends and I call the pipe the Hookah and the tobacco: Shisha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdvarkOfDoom Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 My group of friends and I call it smoking the hookah and the tobacco shisha... I'm just now discovering all the other words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornellius Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 In Turkey it is called Nargile, origin is Indian word coconut = "nargil" as you might have guessed first nargile was made of coconut shell and used for smoking hashish not tobacco around two thousand years ago ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukasa Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 [quote name='mushrat']Hookah.[/quote] Word. Simple and universal. Hookah = the pipe Shisha= the tobacco. Nuff said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 My father used to say "I don't care if you call me names, as long as you call me for dinner". Enjoy the whatever you call it smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookaHebrew Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 [quote name='Lukasa'][quote name='mushrat']Hookah.[/quote] Word. Simple and universal. Hookah = the pipe Shisha= the tobacco. Nuff said! [/quote]you guys hit the nail on the head with that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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