Macedonian

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Etymology

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Pseudo-loan from Ottoman Turkish, derived from حمام (hammam, bathhouse) +‎ ـلق (-lık), as also dialectal Albanian hamamllëk (bathhouse). The morphologically identical forms Old Anatolian Turkish حماملق (hammamlık, bath charge) and Turkish hamamlık (washroom) are separate parallel formations.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈamamɫak]
  • Hyphenation: а‧мам‧лак

Noun

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амамлак (amamlakm (plural амамлаци)

  1. (archaic) Turkish bath (establishment)
    Synonym: амам (amam)

Declension

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References

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  • амамлак” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu