*zmm: 'to buzz, resound, make a confused sound'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*zmm
Meaning	'to buzz, resound, make a confused sound'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	zamzama 'it made a distant sound, confused and continued'; zamzamat 'a distant sound, confused and continued' (Lane 1248)	Lane 1248
Syrian Aramaic	zam; zamzem; zmāmā (Payne Smith 117); zam (Brock. 198–199); zūmā (LGz. 638)	Payne Smith 117; Brock. 198–199; LGz. 638	gloss withheld

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Brockelmann calls Syriac zm onomatopoeic and sets beside it Arabic zamzama and Hebrew zāmam 'to consider', which the file keeps in 631 (Brock. 198).

Updated 26 October 2026