Definitions for kalian

kalian kal·ian

Spelling: [kahl-yahn]
IPA: /kɑlˈyɑn/

Kalian is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in kalian (aaikln).

Definitions for kalian

noun

  1. a Persian tobacco pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water; hookah.

Origin of kalian

First recorded in 1825-35, kalian is from the Persian word qalyān

Examples for kalian

There is also a large quantity of tobacco grown in Persia, which is used for the “kalian” (or water-pipe) and cigarette smoking.

He then began to make apologies for not having a kalian (a pipe) to offer me, 'for,' said he, 'I am not a smoker of tobacco.

Sometimes the conversation was kept up for several hours, until tea and the kalian had been passed around.

Another pipe-bearer lighted the kalian at intervals and handed it into the carriage to his master.

Word Value for kalian
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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