Definitions for kalians

kalians kal·ian

Spelling: [kahl-yahn]
IPA: /kɑlˈyɑn/

Kalians is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in kalians (aaiklns).

Definitions for kalians

noun

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

Origin of kalians

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

Examples for kalians

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for kalians
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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