خنفساء

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خنفساء

/xun.fu.saːʔ/

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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.

noun خُنْفُسَاء · ḵunfusāʔ · خُنْفُسَاوَان · خَنَافِس · خُنْفُس

dung beetle, scarab; beetle

In English

beetle insect
dung beetle insect of the family Scarabaeidae

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"خنفساء." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

خنفساء. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1

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"خنفساء." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {خنفساء},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A1},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}