Where does “زنبور” come from?

زنبور (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Arabic زُنْبُور, from Aramaic זבּור — hornet.

زنبور (Ottoman Turkish): bee, hornet, wasp, any winged insect of the order Hymenoptera except ants

Definitions

  1. bee, hornet, wasp, any winged insect of the order Hymenoptera except ants

Ancestry of “زنبور”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزُنْبُورhornet
2Aramaicזבּורhornet
Every word from Aramaic זבּור →Every word from Arabic زُنْبُور →