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زِمْزِمَةٌ ذ A company, or collection, (S, K,) of men, (S, TA,) whatever it be: (TA:) or any collection; as also زمزوم [i. e. ↓ زُمْزُومٌ ]: (Ham p. 233:) or fifty, (K,) and thereabout, (TA,) of camels, and of men; (As, K;) as also ضِمْضِمَةٌ; (As, TA;) neither of which words is formed by substitution from the other: (TA:) pl. زمازم [i. e. زَمَازِمُ], (Ham ubi suprà,) and [coll. gen. n.] ↓ زِمْزِمٌ , (S, * TA,) occurring in the saying of a rájiz, (S,) Aboo-Mohammad El-Fak'asee, (TA,) “ إِِذَا تَدَانِى زِمْزِمٌ مِنْ زِمْزِمِ
” [When companies draw near to companies]. (S, TA.) Also A distinct number of jinn, or genii: or of beasts of prey. (K.) And A herd of camels among which are no young ones, or little ones; and so ↓ زِمْزِيمٌ : (K:) or, accord. to EshSheybánee, ↓ زِمْزِمٌ and ↓ زِمْزِيمٌ signify large, big, or bulky, camels. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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