The żaqq (with definite article: iż-żaqq) is the most common form of Maltese bagpipes. The instrument was once associated with Maltese folk-festivals.^[1]

The use of the żaqq in daily life came to an end in the 1970s, the instrument having been perhaps replaced by the accordion earlier in the century.^[2] In 1977 the Galpin Society noted only nine remaining traditional pipers in Malta; the last of these, Toni "l-Hammarun" Cachia, died in 2004.^[3] There are ongoing attempts to revive the instrument by various folk music ensembles such as Etnika.

It is sometimes erroneously referred to as the zapp due to a spelling error in a 1939 English-language publication. The Maltese word żaqq literally means "sack" or "belly" and derives from Arabic ziqq ( "skin" [as a receptacle]). It is sometimes stated that żaqq derives from Italian zampogna but this is not the case. ≤≥±