how to pronounce кальян

/kɐˈlʲjan/

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кальян is pronounced in two syllables

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lʲ

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An example use of кальян in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… сидим курим кальян ждем пока починит …”

meanings of кальян

noun:

Hookah, narghile, shisha.

кальян frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word кальян occurs in russian on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.