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زِيزِيمٌ

Root: زم

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زِيزِيمٌ a word imitative of The low, or faint, sound of the jinn, or genii, that is heard by night in the deserts; (TA in this art. and in art. زيم;) and so زِيزَمٌ : (IAar, K * and TA in art. زيم:) Ru-beh says, تَسْمَعُ لِلْجِنِّ بِهِ زِيزِيمَا [Thou hearest therein a low, or faint, sound of the jinn by night].
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