hammam

noun

ham·​mam hə-ˈmäm How to pronounce hammam (audio)

Examples of hammam in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Guests can also reserve private time in the on-site sauna and hammam. Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2024 The city’s first destination spa is a 38,000-square-foot standout, artfully blending traditional Turkish treatments (hammam, naturally) with Eastern wellness principles anchored by a lush subterranean courtyard. Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024 The Grand Riad at Royal Mansour Marrakech has a cinema, library, hammam, gym, and two swimming pools. Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024 The treatment to book: A decadent 90-minute full-body scrub in the hammam with Sicilian raw sea salt, sweet fennel and rosemary in the hammam. Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for hammam 

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Word History

Etymology

Turkish, Persian & Arabic; Turkish hamam bath, from Persian hammām, from Arabic ḥammām

First Known Use

1625, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hammam was in 1625

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“Hammam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hammam. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.

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