different between narghile vs bong

English

Etymology

From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian ???????? (n?rgileh) from ??????? (n?rgil, “coconut”), which used to be used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit ??????? (n?rikela, “coconut”), from a Dravidian language.

Noun

narghile (plural narghiles)

1. A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it.

   Synonyms: hookah, waterpipe

   Coordinate terms: shisha, hubbly bubbly

Translations

Further reading

• narghile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• nargileh

Spanish

Noun

narghile m (plural narghiles)

1. Alternative form of narguile

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. (slang) The clang of a large bell.
   • 1989, Malcolm Lynch, The kid from Angel Meadow (page 152)

     An argument began as to whether the trap door would open on the first bong of eight or the eighth bong of eight. A man said he'd been told on the wireless that it was the first bong of Big Ben in London which told the time, […]

2. (slang) Doorbell chimes. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Verb

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

1. (slang) To pull a bell.
2. (slang) To ring a doorbell.

Etymology 2

From Thai ???? (b??ng, “a marijuana pipe”).

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A vessel, usually made of glass or ceramic and filled with water, used in smoking various substances; especially marijuana or pot.
2. An act of smoking one serving of drugs from a bong.
3. A device for rapidly consuming beer, usually consisting of a funnel or reservoir of beer and a length of tubing.

Synonyms

• (vessel for smoking): bucket bong, water pipe
• (device for consuming beer): beer bong

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

bong (third-person singular simple present bongs, present participle bonging, simple past and past participle bonged)

1. to smoke a bong

See also

• hookah
• hubbly bubbly
• narghile
• pipe
• shisha

Etymology 3

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. A very wide piton.

Etymology 4

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”)

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• boong
• bung

Noun

bong (plural bongs)

1. (ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal person.

Gilbertese

Noun

bong (plural boong)

1. Nighttime.
2. Dark.
3. A day of 24 hours.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Min Nan ? (b?ng, “grave, tomb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. Chinese graveyard.
2. (Aceh) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) familial graveyard.

Etymology 2

From Javanese bong.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. traditional circumcising person.

Etymology 3

From Thai ???? (b??ng, “cylinder, pipe, tube”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?b??]
• Hyphenation: bong

Noun

bong

1. vessel for smoking drug.

Further reading

• “bong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Palauan

Noun

bong

1. drainage ditch surrounding taro patch

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare Dutch bang.

Adjective

bong

1. fearful; afraid

Related terms

• ääng

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [??aw??m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [??aw??m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [??aw??m??]

Verb

bong

1. to be peeled off, to be flaked off

Derived terms

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo??/

Noun

bong

1. cow

Derived terms

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41