ظمآن

From the root ظ م ء‎ (ẓ-m-ʔ).

• IPA^(key): /ðˤam.ʔaːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

ظَمْآنُ • (ẓamʔānu) (feminine ظَمْأَى‎ (ẓamʔā), common plural ظِمَاءٌ‎ (ẓimāʔun))
ظَمْآنٌ • (ẓamʔānun) (feminine ظَمْآنَةٌ‎ (ẓamʔānatun), masculine plural ظَمْآنُونَ‎ (ẓamʔānūna), feminine plural ظَمْآنَاتٌ‎ (ẓamʔānātun))

1. (formal) thirsty

   Synonyms: ظَمِئ‎ (ẓamiʔ), عَطِش‎ (ʕaṭiš), عَطْشَان‎ (ʕaṭšān)

   Antonym: رَيَّان‎ (rayyān)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:39:

     ‏وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَعْمَالُهُمْ كَسَرَابٍ بِقِيعَةٍ يَحْسَبُهُ ٱلظَّمْآنُ مَاءً حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَهُ لَمْ يَجِدْهُ شَيْئًا وَوَجَدَ ٱللّٰهَ عِنْدَهُ فَوَفَّاهُ حِسَابَهُ ۗ وَٱللّٰهُ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ‎

     wa-llaḏīna kafarū ʔaʕmāluhum kasarābin bi-qīʕatin yaḥsabuhu ẓ-ẓamʔānu māʔan ḥattā ʔiḏā jāʔahū lam yajidhu šayʔan wa-wajada llāha ʕindahū fa-waffāhu ḥisābahū wa-llāhu sarīʕu l-ḥisābi

     But those who disbelieved: their deeds are like a mirage in a lowland which a thirsty one thinks is water until, when he comes to it, he finds it is nothing but finds God before Him, and He will pay him in full his due; and God is swift in account.

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