Zamzam

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proper noun

An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.

OriginArabic زَمْزَم →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.

    The water companies did not bring it in huge plastic tubs. Instead, they would load tankers with Zamzam water from the well inside the Kaaba complex, and use that to fill up the dispenser shared by the two rooms.

    2025, Banu Mushtaq, “The Shroud”, in Deepa Bhasthi, transl., Heart Lamp, And Other Stories, page 174

Origin

  1. Arabicزَمْزَم
  2. EnglishZamzam

Borrowed from Arabic زَمْزَم (zamzam).

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Translations

Arabic زَمَزَم
  • زَمَزَم (zamazam)well
Hindi ज़मज़म
  • ज़मज़म (zamzam)well
Indonesian zamzam
  • zamzamwell
Korean 잠잠우물
  • 잠잠우물 (jamjamumul)well
Persian زمزم
  • زمزمwell
Turkish zemzem, zemzem suyu
  • zemzemwell
  • zemzem suyuwell
Urdu زمزم
  • زمزم (zamzam)well
Cite this entry
APA

Zamzam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zamzam

MLA

“Zamzam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zamzam. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Zamzam,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zamzam.

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