hammam

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حمام (hamam), from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).^[1]

Noun edit

hammam (plural hammams)

A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries.

Translations edit

Turkish bath — see Turkish bath

References edit

^ "hammam." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.

Further reading edit

hammam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ɦɑˈmɑm/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: ham‧mam
Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun edit

hammam m (plural hammams)

Alternative spelling of hamam.

French edit

Noun edit

hammam m (plural hammams)

hammam (communal bathhouse in Islamic countries)
Turkish bath

Further reading edit

“hammam”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish edit

Noun edit

hammam m (plural hammames)

hammam (communal bathhouse in Islamic countries)

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