חאמאם

Ladino

Etymology

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

Noun

חאמאם m (Hebrew spelling, Latin spelling hamam)

1. bathhouse, hammam
   • 1838 May 1, La Vara‎^[1], number 832, New York, page 6:

     […] תוב׳׳ו קי אסירקארסי פ׳׳ורסאדאמינטי אה איל חאמאם.

     […] tuvo ke aserkarse forsadamente a el hamam.

     […] [he] had to forcefully get close to the bathouse.

References

• Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥamam”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
• Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “jamám”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 250