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kalian
noun
[ kaˈljɑːn ]
• a Persian tobacco pipe with a long tube that draws the smoke through water; a hookah.
Origin:
mid 19th century: Persian ḳalyān, from Arabic ġalayān ‘bubbling up, boiling’; compare with calean.