They have brought along the kind old Kahn's kalian and tobacco-bag, and the wherewithal to make me a parting glass of tea.
The modus operandi of manipulating the kalian likewise comes in for a slight modification here.
Semnoon is celebrated for the excellence of its kalian tobacco, and O'Donovan was celebrated in Semnoon for his love of the kalian.
A neatly dressed attendant squats himself down on the shady side of the tent outside, and at ridiculously short intervals brings me in a newly primed kalian and a samovar of tea.
Much of the Ganges' present width is mere overflow, shallow enough for the men to wade and tow the boat.
Perhaps they think all Pankwaes thus hobble along; their giggling, however, is doubtless evidence of the well-known pitiless disposition of the Chinese.
As a matter of fact, there is no "road," and the best anyone could do would be to point out its direction in a general way.
Nothing is plainer than the evidence that nobody present has the slightest conception of what I want to do, or where I wish to go.
The inevitable kalian was called for, and the caravanserai boy brought out his interesting little arrangement to set charcoal quickly alight for the large cup of the kalian.
One of the most beautiful pieces of work is a kalian or hookah (for smoking tobacco) of brass open-work, with turquoise and other ornamentation.
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.
Then we all retired to our reception-room of the morning, and again tea and sherbet were handed round, and the kalian or water-pipe was much in request, each lady taking a whiff and passing the long tube to her neighbour.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kalian" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
