hammam

noun

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

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While more and more hotels are promoting hammams as part of their spas, most are disappointingly simply steam rooms perhaps providing coarse salt for a do-it-yourself scrub. Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Individual and couples treatment rooms, an aqua thermal facility with a steam room, a dry sauna, and a salt room join a serene hammam in the spa. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 Here, travelers can experience local culture by savoring authentic Amazigh (Berber) cuisine, sipping tea in family-run shops, and dipping into one of the numerous local hammams. Carlotta Dotto, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 That’s most evident in the home’s private spa, which encompasses a sauna, hammam, cold plunge, sensory shower, fitness room, and treatment room. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for hammam

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 28 May. 2025.

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