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ḠALYĀN
Shahnaz Razpush and EIr
or QALYĀN (nargileh); a water pipe chiefly used in the Middle East and Central Asia for smoking tobacco. It is composed of several parts: the bādgīr (chimney); sar-e ḡālyān or sarpūš (the top bowl; sar-ḵāna in Afghanistan); tana (the body); mīlāb (the immersion pipe); ney-e pīč (hose); and kūza (the reservoir of water).
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ḠALZĪ
Cross-Reference
See ḠILZĪ.
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ḠAMĀM HAMADĀNĪ
Cross-Reference
See ḠEMĀM HAMADĀNĪ.
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GAMASĀB
Cross-Reference
See KARḴA RIVER, forthcoming online.
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GAMBRA
Cross-Reference
See BANDAR-e ʿABBĀS(Ī).
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GAMBRON
Cross-Reference
See BANDAR-e ʿABBĀS(Ī).
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GAMES
Cross-Reference
See BĀZĪ.
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GAN(N)ĀG MĒNŪG
Cross-Reference
See AHRIMAN.
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GANĀVA
Minu Yusofnezhad
county (šahrestān) and port city on the Persian Gulf in the province of Būšehr.
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GANDĀPŪR
M. Jamil Hanifi
one of two Šērānī Pashtun/Paxtun tribal segments (the other being the Baḵtīār), who claim origin in southwestern Afghanistan.