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shishe
Persian · medieval
"glass"
literally meant "glass" or "mirror"
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Stage 2 of 4
şişe
Ottoman Turkish · medieval
"bottle"
came to mean "bottle," describing the glass base of the water pipe
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Stage 3 of 4
shisha
Egyptian Arabic · 1800s
"water pipe"
narrowed to the water pipe's glass bowl and then the whole device
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Stage 4 of 4
shisha
English · 1900s
"water pipe / flavored tobacco"
spread internationally with the popularity of flavored tobacco smoking
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