حمام

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

حَمَّام (ḥammāmm (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
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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

Pronunciation

Noun

حَمَام (ḥamāmm (collective, singulative حَمَامَة f (ḥamāma), plural حَمَائِم (ḥamāʔim), paucal حَمَامَات (ḥamāmāt))

  1. (collective) doves, pigeons
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See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

حِمَام (ḥimāmm

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

Noun

حمام (ḥammāmm (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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح م م
3 terms

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

Noun

حمام (ḥammāmm (plural حمامات (ḥammāmāt))

  1. bath, bathroom
  2. bathhouse, spa

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام (ḥamām).

Pronunciation

Noun

حمام (ḥmāmm (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥmāma), paucal حمامات (ḥmāmāt))

  1. dove, pigeon
    Synonym: يمام (ymām)

North Levantine Arabic

Noun

حمام (ḥammām)

  1. bathroom

Ottoman Turkish

حمام

Etymology

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

Noun

حمام (hamam) (definite accusative حمامی (hamamı), plural حماملر (hamamlar))

  1. hammam, Turkish baths, a communal bathhouse in Islamic countries
  2. bathroom, a room usually containing a shower or bathtub and a toilet
    Synonym: بانیو (banyo)
  3. (in general) bath, baths, the single act of bathing or taking a bath

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Persian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hammām
Dari reading? hammām
Iranian reading? hammâm
Tajik reading? hammom

Noun

حَمّام (hammâm)

Dari حمام
Iranian Persian
Tajik ҳаммом
  1. bathhouse
  2. bath
  3. (Dari) shower (bathing)
  4. bathroom
  5. hammam, Turkish bath

Synonyms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م م
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

Noun

حمّام (ḥammāmm (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

Noun

حمام (ḥamāmm (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥamāme), paucal حمامات (ḥamāmāt), plural حمائم (ḥamāʔem))

  1. (collective) doves, pigeons

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

حَمّام (hammāmm (Hindi spelling हम्माम)

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

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