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interj. (form of shortened form kazaam English)

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Zam

Zam (Zām) is the Avestan language term for the Zoroastrian concept of "earth", in both the sense of land and soil and in the sense of the world. The earth is prototyped as a primordial element in Zoroastrian tradition, and represented by a minor divinity Zam who is the hypostasis of the "earth". The word itself is cognate to the Baltic 'Zemes' and Slavic 'Zem', both meaning the planet earth as well as soil.

The element zam exists with the same meaning in Middle Persian, which is the language of the texts of Zoroastrian tradition. The divinity Zam however appears in the later language as Zamyad, which is a contraction of "Zam Yazad", i.e. the yazata Zam.

Zam of the earth is not related to the Zam of the Shahnameh. That Zam— Zahhak-e-Maar-Doosh (Aži Dahāka in Avestan, Azhdshak in Middle Persian)—is the king of dragons that slew Jamshid.

Usage examples of "zam".

Currently undergoing field and flight tests, the Vig Zam, as it was called, was heavily armored and, because it had legs but no arms, only vaguely humanoid.

If Mobile Suits often resembled giant infantry soldiers, the Vig Zam looked more like a tank.

And in pushing the Vig Zam to its technical limits, he and his engineers were following in the tradition established by their brilliant Nazi German counterparts in another age.

In an attempt to evade the attacking Suits and rise above them, he made the Vig Zam accelerate in a full power climb.

The pilot and copilot groaned in fear and did the only thing they could think of, which was to keep the Vig Zam steady on course.

Vice Admiral Dozzle Zavi took off in his flagship, the Gandow, with a Vig Zam in tow.

Vig Zam and some of the particles on its periphery hit home, for along with an odd whissh sound that seemed to emanate outside their helmets, they felt an intense pressure.