The words of the hammam
Hamam
The Turkish bath itself — the building, the room and the ritual
hamam · /ha-MAM/
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- Hamam
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- hamam · /ha-MAM/
From the Arabic ḥammām, “heater”: the public bath of the Ottoman world and the ritual performed in it. A classical hamam has three parts — the camekân (entrance hall), the soğukluk (cool room) and the sıcaklık (hot room) with the göbek taşı at its centre. At Navitas Spa the hamam is a purpose-built marble room on the wellness floor of Hilton Istanbul Airport, used for the scrub and foam rituals and the Sultan Hammam.
English usage: hammam, Turkish bath. The word in English often refers to the hot room alone.
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