A wooden platform or structure used in some traditional bathhouses, or a washing tool in historical bathing practices.
Possibly from Persian or Hindi origin, relating to bathing equipment in South Asian and Middle Eastern bathhouses. The etymology is uncertain and rarely documented in modern English dictionaries.
Traditional bathhouses in Turkey, Persia, and India had sophisticated wooden structures that people would sit on while being washed—these weren't luxuries but essential social and hygiene centers!
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