hammam
/haˈmam
/ /həˈmɑːm /noun
A Turkish bath.The ruling Ottoman elite added the Turkish Hospital in 1895 and a hammam (Turkish bath house) and fortress in the early twentieth century....
- Went for a 6am hammam, the Moroccan Turkish bath, taken twice daily by locals and incorporating sauna, wash and massage in one.
- One of its real finds, however, is a side-street jewel in the heart of the old town called the Hotel Byron, all bleached peach walls and sky-blue shutters built over the dome of a Turkish hammam.
Origin
From Turkish or Arabic ḥammām 'bath', from ḥamma 'to heat'.
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