حمام

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.maːm/

• Audio:

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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

Declension of noun حَمَّام (ḥammām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَّام ḥammām	الْحَمَّام al-ḥammām	حَمَّام ḥammām
nominative	حَمَّامٌ ḥammāmun	الْحَمَّامُ al-ḥammāmu	حَمَّامُ ḥammāmu
accusative	حَمَّامًا ḥammāman	الْحَمَّامَ al-ḥammāma	حَمَّامَ ḥammāma
genitive	حَمَّامٍ ḥammāmin	الْحَمَّامِ al-ḥammāmi	حَمَّامِ ḥammāmi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَّامَيْن ḥammāmayn	الْحَمَّامَيْن al-ḥammāmayn	حَمَّامَيْ ḥammāmay
nominative	حَمَّامَانِ ḥammāmāni	الْحَمَّامَانِ al-ḥammāmāni	حَمَّامَا ḥammāmā
accusative	حَمَّامَيْنِ ḥammāmayni	الْحَمَّامَيْنِ al-ḥammāmayni	حَمَّامَيْ ḥammāmay
genitive	حَمَّامَيْنِ ḥammāmayni	الْحَمَّامَيْنِ al-ḥammāmayni	حَمَّامَيْ ḥammāmay
plural	sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَّامَات ḥammāmāt	الْحَمَّامَات al-ḥammāmāt	حَمَّامَات ḥammāmāt
nominative	حَمَّامَاتٌ ḥammāmātun	الْحَمَّامَاتُ al-ḥammāmātu	حَمَّامَاتُ ḥammāmātu
accusative	حَمَّامَاتٍ ḥammāmātin	الْحَمَّامَاتِ al-ḥammāmāti	حَمَّامَاتِ ḥammāmāti
genitive	حَمَّامَاتٍ ḥammāmātin	الْحَمَّامَاتِ al-ḥammāmāti	حَمَّامَاتِ ḥammāmāti

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• → Swahili: hamamu

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

Declension of noun حَمَام (ḥamām)

collective	basic collective triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَام ḥamām	الْحَمَام al-ḥamām	حَمَام ḥamām
nominative	حَمَامٌ ḥamāmun	الْحَمَامُ al-ḥamāmu	حَمَامُ ḥamāmu
accusative	حَمَامًا ḥamāman	الْحَمَامَ al-ḥamāma	حَمَامَ ḥamāma
genitive	حَمَامٍ ḥamāmin	الْحَمَامِ al-ḥamāmi	حَمَامِ ḥamāmi
singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَامَة ḥamāma	الْحَمَامَة al-ḥamāma	حَمَامَة ḥamāmat
nominative	حَمَامَةٌ ḥamāmatun	الْحَمَامَةُ al-ḥamāmatu	حَمَامَةُ ḥamāmatu
accusative	حَمَامَةً ḥamāmatan	الْحَمَامَةَ al-ḥamāmata	حَمَامَةَ ḥamāmata
genitive	حَمَامَةٍ ḥamāmatin	الْحَمَامَةِ al-ḥamāmati	حَمَامَةِ ḥamāmati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَامَتَيْن ḥamāmatayn	الْحَمَامَتَيْن al-ḥamāmatayn	حَمَامَتَيْ ḥamāmatay
nominative	حَمَامَتَانِ ḥamāmatāni	الْحَمَامَتَانِ al-ḥamāmatāni	حَمَامَتَا ḥamāmatā
accusative	حَمَامَتَيْنِ ḥamāmatayni	الْحَمَامَتَيْنِ al-ḥamāmatayni	حَمَامَتَيْ ḥamāmatay
genitive	حَمَامَتَيْنِ ḥamāmatayni	الْحَمَامَتَيْنِ al-ḥamāmatayni	حَمَامَتَيْ ḥamāmatay
paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَامَات ḥamāmāt	الْحَمَامَات al-ḥamāmāt	حَمَامَات ḥamāmāt
nominative	حَمَامَاتٌ ḥamāmātun	الْحَمَامَاتُ al-ḥamāmātu	حَمَامَاتُ ḥamāmātu
accusative	حَمَامَاتٍ ḥamāmātin	الْحَمَامَاتِ al-ḥamāmāti	حَمَامَاتِ ḥamāmāti
genitive	حَمَامَاتٍ ḥamāmātin	الْحَمَامَاتِ al-ḥamāmāti	حَمَامَاتِ ḥamāmāti
plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حَمَائِم ḥamāʔim	الْحَمَائِم al-ḥamāʔim	حَمَائِم ḥamāʔim
nominative	حَمَائِمُ ḥamāʔimu	الْحَمَائِمُ al-ḥamāʔimu	حَمَائِمُ ḥamāʔimu
accusative	حَمَائِمَ ḥamāʔima	الْحَمَائِمَ al-ḥamāʔima	حَمَائِمَ ḥamāʔima
genitive	حَمَائِمَ ḥamāʔima	الْحَمَائِمِ al-ḥamāʔimi	حَمَائِمِ ḥamāʔimi

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

Declension of noun حِمَام (ḥimām)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	حِمَام ḥimām	الْحِمَام al-ḥimām	حِمَام ḥimām
nominative	حِمَامٌ ḥimāmun	الْحِمَامُ al-ḥimāmu	حِمَامُ ḥimāmu
accusative	حِمَامًا ḥimāman	الْحِمَامَ al-ḥimāma	حِمَامَ ḥimāma
genitive	حِمَامٍ ḥimāmin	الْحِمَامِ al-ḥimāmi	حِمَامِ ḥimāmi

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

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

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

حمام • (ḥmām) m (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

• حمام اناسی (hamam anası, “directress of a hammam”)
• حمام اوتی (hamam otu, “mud-like depilatory”)
• حمام اوستاسی (hamam ustası, “female attendant in a hammam”)
• حمام بوجكی (hamam böceği, “cockroach”)
• حمام طاسی (hamam tası, “bowl used in a hammam”)
• حمام طاقمی (hamam takımı, “set of bath towels”)
• حمام قبه‌سی (hamam kubbesi, “the dome of a hammam”)
• حمام لكنی (hamam leğeni, “water basin”)
• حمامجی (hamamcı, “director of a hammam”)
• حمامده تركی چاغرمق (hamamda türkü çağırmak, “to do a useless thing”, literally “to sing a song in a hammam”)
• دكز حمامی (deñiz hamamı, “sea-bath”)
• قاریلر حمامی (karılar hamamı, “bedlam”, literally “women's hammam”)
• قدرت حمامی (kudret hamamı, “hot spring used as a bath”)

Descendants

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

Further reading

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• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881), “حمام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 667
• 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^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “حمام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), 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^[3], 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^[4], Vienna, column 1804
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hamam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حمام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ham.ˈmaːm/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.mɑːm]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæm.mɒːm]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häm.mɔm]

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

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

حمام • (hammām / hammâm) (Tajik spelling ҳаммом)

Dari	حمام
Iranian Persian
Tajik	ҳаммом

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

Synonyms

• گَرْمابِه (garmâbe)

Related terms

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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح م م
4 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħam.maːm/, [ħamˈmæːm]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (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]

• 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”)