# حمام
## Arabic
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħam.maːm/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

حَمَّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حَمَّامَات (ḥammāmāt))
* (countable) a bath, a bathtub
** (countable) a bathhouse, a spa
** (countable) a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
* (countable, dated) a watering hole

##### Derived terms

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

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Semitic *šawmān-.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.maːm/

#### Noun

حَمَام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حَمَامَة f (ḥamāma), plural حَمَائِم (ḥamāʔim), paucal حَمَامَات (ḥamāmāt))
* (collective) doves, pigeons

##### Declension
#### See also

* يَمَام (yamām)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħi.maːm/

#### Noun

حِمَام • (ḥimām) m
* (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: [ħæmˈmæːm]

### Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammamāt)) (countable)
* a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
* a lavatory; an outhouse
** a toilet
** a urinal
* (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: /ħam.maːm/

#### Noun

حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمامات (ḥammāmāt))
* bath, bathroom
* bathhouse, spa

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام (ḥamām).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħmaːm/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

حمام • (ḥmām) m (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥmāma), paucal حمامات (ḥmāmāt))
* dove, pigeon
    Synonym: يمام (ymām)

## North Levantine Arabic
### Noun

حمام • (ḥammām)
* bathroom

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

حمام • (hamam) (definite accusative حمامی (hamamı), plural حماملر (hamamlar))
* hammam, Turkish baths, a communal bathhouse in Islamic countries
* bathroom, a room usually containing a shower or bathtub and a toilet
    Synonym: بانیو (banyo)
* (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, “depilatory used in a hammam”)
* 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

* 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, Vienna: F. Beck, page 201b
* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حمام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, 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, 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, Vienna, column 1804
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hamam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حمام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 804

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ham.mɑːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häm.mɑːm]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [häm.mɑːm]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ʔäm.mɑːm]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ʔäm.mɔːm]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [hæm.mɒːm]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [häm.mɔm]
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Noun

حَمّام • (hammâm)
| Dari | حمام |
| Iranian Persian | حمام |
| Tajik | ҳаммом |
* bathhouse
* bath
* (Dari) shower (bathing)
* bathroom
* 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: /ħam.maːm/, [ħamˈmæːm]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

حمّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammāmāt))
* bathroom, bath
* lavatory, toilet
    Synonyms: منافع (manāfeʕ), بيت المي (bēt il-ṃayy, literally “water house”), بيت الخارج (bēt il-ḵārej, literally “outside house”)
* bathhouse

### Etymology 2

From Arabic حَمَام (ḥamām).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ħa.maːm/, [ħaˈmæːm]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

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

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɦəm.mɑːm/

### Noun

حَمّام • (hammām) m (Hindi spelling हम्माम)
* hot bath, bath
* 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”)