Etymology

Zamzam

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Today it means: An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water. Full definition →

Arabic زَمْزَم
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  1. Arabic · borrowed fromزَمْزَم
  2. English todayZamzam

Borrowed from Arabic زَمْزَم (zamzam).

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