Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hammam

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: ham-mam
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries and communities.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حمام (hamam), from Arabic حَمَّام (ḥammām).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: حَمَّام, ح م م

Inflected Forms

hammams (plural)

Questions

What does hammam mean?: A communal bathhouse in Islamic countries and communities.
Where does hammam come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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