kalian
Example Sentences
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One kalian artist who abandoned paint and canvas altogether was Ettore Bugatti.
From Time Magazine Archive
On arriving at a station they dismount, take a hasty cup of tea which is in readiness, and a few pulls at the kalian, or water-pipe.
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
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
After all were settled, and their chuddars and veils carefully folded up and put aside by the slaves, then the kalian or water-pipe was brought in, each slave preparing the pipe for her own mistress.
From Behind the Veil in Persia and Turkish Arabia An account of an Englishwoman's Eight Years' Residence amongst the Women of the East by A. Hume-Griffith
Afterward we repair to Mirza Abdul Kiirim Khan's house to smoke the kalian and drink tea.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran by Thomas Stevens
