حمام

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/
  • (file)

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

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

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

  • IPA(key): [ħæmˈmæːm]

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

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ح م م
3 terms

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/
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. dove, pigeon
    Synonym: يمام (ymām)

Ottoman Turkish

حمام

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

  • حمام اناسی (hamam anası, directress of a hammam)
  • حمام اوتی (hamam otu, depilatory used in a hammam)
  • حمام بوجكی (hamam böceği, cockroach)
  • حمام طاقمی (hamam takımı, set of bath towels)
  • حمام قبه‌سی (hamam kubbesi, the dome of a hammam)
  • حمامجی (hamamcı, director of a hammam)
  • دݣز حمامی (deñiz hamamı, sea-bath)
  • قدرت حمامی (kudret hamamı, hot spring used as a bath)

Descendants

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

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [häm.mɑːm]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔäm.mɑːm]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔäm.mɔːm]

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

  • IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/, [ħamˈmæːm]
  • (file)

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/, [ħaˈmæːm]
  • (file)

Noun

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

  1. (collective) doves, pigeons

Urdu

Pronunciation

Noun

حَمّام • (hammām) m (Hindi spelling हम्माम)

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

Synonyms

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