        thumb|near jaipur, rajasthan, india a hookah (persian: ÙÙÛØ§Ù; hindustani: à¤¹à¥à¤à¤¼à¥à¤à¤¼à¤¾ (devanagari) Ø­ÙÙÛ (nastaleeq), , hukkÄ, hukiÄ â also known as a waterpipe, narghile, arghila, qalyÄn, shisha, or by other names) is a single or multi-stemmed instrument for vaporizing and smoking flavored tobacco called shisha in which the vapor or smoke is passed through a water basin â often glass-based â before inhalation. the origin of the waterpipe is from the time of the safavid dynasty in the persian{{cite journal|title=the harmsworth monthly pictorial magazine|author=harmsworth brothers|publisher=harmsworth brothers|year=1899|page=372|url=ht
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