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‖ kalian, kalioun|kæˈljɑːn, kæˈljuːn|
Also kaleon, kalliyun, kalyan. See also calean.
[Pers. kaliān, Arab. qalyān, qalyūn.]
A Persian form of the hookah or narghile, a tobacco-pipe in which the smoke passes through water.
1835Court Mag. VI. 65/2 Goorgoory kalian, or pipe smoked through water. 1876A. Arnold in Contemp. Rev. June 49 They sit smoking a kaleon. 1881Daily News 15 July 5/3 We had the usual half-hour's pause..to smoke the kalioun, or water pipe. 1890Times 27 Feb. 13/2 Tobacco..adapted to the smoking of the Persian kalian, or Turkish narghileh. |