"Zamzam" meaning in All languages combined

See Zamzam on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic زَمْزَم (zamzam). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|زَمْزَم}} Arabic زَمْزَم (zamzam), {{root|en|ar|ز م ز م}} Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Zamzam
  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. Wikipedia link: Zamzam Well Categories (topical): Islam, Water Categories (place): Saudi Arabia Translations (well): زَمَزَم (zamazam) (Arabic), जमजम (jamjam) [masculine] (Hindi), zamzam (Indonesian), 잠잠우물 (jamjamumul) (Korean), زمزم (Persian), zemzem (Turkish), zemzem suyu (Turkish), زمزم (Urdu), زەمزەم (zemzem) (Uyghur)

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