HOOKAH Meaning of HOOKAH in English [ 'hʊkə ]■ noun an oriental tobacco pipe with a long, flexible tube which draws the smoke through water in a bowl.OriginC18: from Urdu, from Arab. ḥuḳḳa 'casket, jar'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004