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kalian
[ kahl-yahn ]
noun
- a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.
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Origin of kalian1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of kalian1
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Example Sentences
Sometimes the conversation was kept up for several hours, until tea and the kalian had been passed around.
Another pipe-bearer lighted the kalian at intervals and handed it into the carriage to his master.
A servant brought the Khan a handsome kalian to smoke three times.
There is also a large quantity of tobacco grown in Persia, which is used for the “kalian” (or water-pipe) and cigarette smoking.
He then began to make apologies for not having a kalian (a pipe) to offer me, 'for,' said he, 'I am not a smoker of tobacco.
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