حمام
Arabic
Etymology 1
From the root ح م م (ḥ m m); related to heating.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
حَمَّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حَمَّامَات (ḥammāmāt))
- (countable) a bath, a bathtub
- (countable, dated) a watering hole
Declension
| 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))
Declension
| 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
- (literary or poetic) death (the cessation of life)
Declension
| 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ħæmˈmæːm]
Noun
حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammamāt)) (countable)
- a washroom; a bathroom; a restroom
- a lavatory; an outhouse
- (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 |
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħam.maːm/
Noun
حمام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمامات (ḥammāmāt))
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħmaːm/
Audio: (file)
Noun
حمام • (ḥmām) m (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥmāma), paucal حمامات (ḥmāmāt))
North Levantine Arabic
Noun
حمام • (ḥammām)
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
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[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]
- (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): (file)
Noun
حَمّام • (hammâm)
| Dari | حمام |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | ҳаммом |
Synonyms
- گَرْمابِه (garmâbe)
Related terms
- حمام کردن (hammâm kardan)
- حمام گرفتن (hammâm gereftan)
South Levantine Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ح م م |
| 4 terms |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
حمّام • (ḥammām) m (plural حمّامات (ḥammāmāt))
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
حمام • (ḥamām) m (collective, singulative حمامة f (ḥamāme), paucal حمامات (ḥamāmāt), plural حمائم (ḥamāʔem))
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦəm.mɑːm/
Noun
حَمّام • (hammām) m (Hindi spelling हम्माम)
Synonyms
- گَرْمابَہ (garmāba, “hot bath”)
- غُسْل (ġusl, “bath”)
- غُسْل خانَہ (ġusl xāna, “bathroom”)
- حَمّام خانَہ (hammām xāna, “bathroom”)