What is "nargile"

Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per. n[=a]rgh[=i]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because first made of a cocoanut.] An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called hoookah and water pipe. Functionally similar to the hubble-bubble, a simplified form.

n. (alternative form of narghile English)