خنفساء

Meaning

dung beetle, scarab; beetle

Concepts

beetle

🪲

lady beetle

🐞

ladybird

ladybug

coccinellid

scarabs

Volkswagen Beetle

amulet

lady beetle

🐞

bug

🐛

dung beetle

dung beetles

scarab

Synonyms

جعل

Translations

coccinella

Marienkäfer

coccinelle

πασχαλίτσα

joaninha

uğur böceği

lieveheersbeestje

xalxalok

mariquita

scarabée

🪲

scarabeo

escarabajo

🪲

kever

🪲

σκαθάρι

Pronounced as (IPA)

/xun.fu.saːʔ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic חִפּוּשִׂיתָא / חִיפּוּשִׂיתָא (ḥippūśīṯā), חִיפּוּשְׂתָא / חִפּוּשְׂתָא (ḥippūśtā, “beetle, scarab”) from the verb Proto-Semitic *ḥapaś- (“to search together”) not attested as such in Aramaic.