Where does “زنبور عسل” come from?

زنبور عسل (Persian) comes from Persian زنبور, from Arabic زُنْبُور, from Aramaic זבּור — hornet.

زنبور عسل (Persian): honeybee

Definitions

  1. honeybee

Ancestry of “زنبور عسل”, step by step

زنبور عسل traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زنبور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزنبورhornet; wasp; bee
2Arabicزُنْبُورhornet
3Aramaicזבּורhornet

via Persian عسل

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianعسلhoney
2Arabicعَسَلhoney
Every word from Aramaic זבּור →Every word from Arabic زُنْبُور →Every word from Persian زنبور →