Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zamzam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: za-mzam
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَمْزَم (zamzam).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: زَمْزَم, ز م ز م

Questions

What does zamzam mean?: An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.
Where does zamzam come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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