زَمْزَمٌ
Root: زم
Full Definition
زَمْزَمٌ
Copious, or abundant, water; as also
زُمَازِمٌ : [or] the latter, [and app. the former also,] and
زُمَزِمٌ , and
, brackish water; i. e. such as is between salt and sweet.
2 Also, or زَمْزَمُ, imperfectly decl., because of the fem. gender and a proper name, the name of The well of Mekkeh, or a certain [celebrated] well in Mekkeh, [i. e.] a certain well adjacent to the Kaabeh; so called [because its water is somewhat brackish, or] because of the copiousness of its water; as also [i. e. زُمَزِمٌ or زُمَزِمُ], and زُمَازِمٌ [or زُمَازِمُ], and زَمَّمٌ or زَمَّمُ, the last (زَمَّم) on the authority of IAar. The names of this well, collected from trads. and lexicons, have been found to amount to more than sixty.
3 زَمْزَم [with or without tenween] is also the name of A celebrated well at El-Medeeneh, which is regarded as a means of obtaining a blessing, and the water of which is drunk and transported [like that of the more celebrated well of the same name at Mekkeh].
def.2 زَمْزَمٌ or زَمْزَمُ is also A name of, or for, a she-camel, like عَيْطَل.
2 Also, or زَمْزَمُ, imperfectly decl., because of the fem. gender and a proper name, the name of The well of Mekkeh, or a certain [celebrated] well in Mekkeh, [i. e.] a certain well adjacent to the Kaabeh; so called [because its water is somewhat brackish, or] because of the copiousness of its water; as also [i. e. زُمَزِمٌ or زُمَزِمُ], and زُمَازِمٌ [or زُمَازِمُ], and زَمَّمٌ or زَمَّمُ, the last (زَمَّم) on the authority of IAar. The names of this well, collected from trads. and lexicons, have been found to amount to more than sixty.
3 زَمْزَم [with or without tenween] is also the name of A celebrated well at El-Medeeneh, which is regarded as a means of obtaining a blessing, and the water of which is drunk and transported [like that of the more celebrated well of the same name at Mekkeh].
def.2 زَمْزَمٌ or زَمْزَمُ is also A name of, or for, a she-camel, like عَيْطَل.
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