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kalian

[kahl-yahn] / kɑlˈjɑn /


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One kalian artist who abandoned paint and canvas altogether was Ettore Bugatti.

From Time Magazine Archive

The modus operandi of manipulating the kalian likewise comes in for a slight modification here.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

In cases of only one kalian and several guests, they smoke in order of position, but each one must pay the compliment of suggesting that some one else should smoke before himself.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

This is a. little wire cage, full of live charcoal, that is being swung round and round like a sling to enliven the coals for priming the kalian.

From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Thomas Stevens

Refreshments and pipes are served at regulated intervals, and the introduction of a third cup of tea or coffee and a third kalian is the signal for the guest to retire.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird


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