حمام

Arabic

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Etymology 1

From the root ح م م (ḥ-m-m); related to heating.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.maːm/

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Noun

حَمَّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حَمَّامَات (ḥammāmāt))

1. (countable) a bath, a bathtub
   1. (countable) a bathhouse, a spa
   2. (countable) a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
2. (countable, dated) a watering hole

Declension

Derived terms

• حَمَّام سِبَاحَة (ḥammām sibāḥa, “a swimming pool”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.maːm/

Noun

حَمَام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حَمَامَة f (ḥamāma), plural حَمَائِم (ḥamāʔim), paucal حَمَامَات (ḥamāmāt))

1. (collective) doves, pigeons

Declension

See also

• يَمَام (yamām)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħi.maːm/

Noun

حِمَام • (ḥimām) m

1. (literary or poetic) death (the cessation of life)

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

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Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammamāt)) (countable)

1. a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
2. a lavatory; an outhouse
   1. a toilet
   2. a urinal
3. (rare) a bathhouse, a spa

   Synonym: سونة (sawna)

Derived terms

• حمّام بلدي (“a squat toilet”)
• حمّام افرنجي (“a flush toilet”)

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.maːm/

Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمامات (ḥammāmāt))

1. bath, bathroom
2. bathhouse, spa

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام (ḥamām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħmaːm/

• Audio

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Noun

حمام • (ḥmām) m (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥmāma), paucal حمامات (ḥmāmāt))

1. dove, pigeon

   Synonym: يمام (ymām)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām, “bath; bathhouse”).

Noun

حمام • (hamam) (plural حماملر (hamamlar))

1. hammam, Turkish baths, a communal bathhouse in Islamic countries
2. bathroom, a room containing a shower or bathtub and a toilet

   Synonym: بانیو (banyo)

3. (in general) bath, baths, the act of bathing

Derived terms

Descendants

• Turkish: hamam
• → Albanian: hamam
• → English: hammam
• → Greek: χαμάμ (chamám)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hamam1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1856
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “حمام”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حمام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 518
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Balneum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 113
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “حمام”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 1804
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hamam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804

Persian

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حمام

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

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Noun

حَمّام • (hammâm)

1. bathhouse
2. bath
3. (Dari) shower (bathing)
4. bathroom
5. hammam, Turkish bath

Synonyms

• گَرْمابِه (garmâbe)

Related terms

• حمام کردن (hammâm kardan)
• حمام گرفتن (hammâm gereftan)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.maːm/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Noun

حمّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammāmāt))

1. bathroom, bath
2. lavatory, toilet

   Synonyms: منافع (manāfeʕ), بيت المي (bēt il-ṃayy, literally “water house”), بيت الخارج (bēt il-ḵārej, literally “outside house”)

3. bathhouse

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام (ḥamām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħa.maːm/,

• Audio (Ramallah)

  (file)

Noun

حمام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥamāme), paucal حمامات (ḥamāmāt), plural حمائم (ḥamāʔem))

1. (collective) doves, pigeons

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəm.mɑːm/

Noun

حَمّام • (hammām) m (Hindi spelling हम्माम)

1. hot bath, bath
2. bathroom, bathhouse, hammam

Synonyms

• گَرْمابَہ (garmāba, “hot bath”)
• غُسْل (ġusl, “bath”)
• غُسْل خانَہ (ġusl xāna, “bathroom”)
• حَمّام خانَہ (hammām xāna, “bathroom”)

Related terms

• حَمّام کَرْنا (hammām karnā, “to bathe, to shower”)