زنبور

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • زِنْبَار‎ (zinbār)

Etymology

From Aramaic זבּור (zibbūr, hornet), doublet of دَبُّور (dabbūr); cognates with Classical Syriac ܕܒܘܪܐ (debbōrā) and Hebrew דְּבוֹרָה‎ (dvorá).

Noun

زُنْبُور (zunbūr) m (plural زَنَابِير (zanābīr))

  1. hornet
    كُنْتُ أَظُنُّ أَنَّ الْعَقْرَبَ أَشَدُّ لَسْعَةً مِنَ الزُّنْبُورِ فَإِذَا هُوَ هِيَ
    kuntu ʾaẓunnu ʾanna l-ʿaqraba ʾašaddu lasʿatan mina z-zunbūri faʾiḏā huwa hiya
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Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833), زنبور”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 257

Persian

Etymology

Arabic زُنْبُور (zunbūr)

Pronunciation

Noun

Dari Persian زنبور
Iranian Persian زنبور
Tajiki Persian занбӯр (zanbür)

زنبور (zanbur) (plural زنبورها (zanbur-hâ))

  1. hornet
  2. wasp
  3. bee

Derived terms

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