ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare Classical Syriac ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštāʾ, “beetle; leech”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xar.puʃ.taː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [xur.paʃ.ta]

ܚܲܪܦܘܼܫܬܵܐ • (ḥarpuštā) f (plural ܚܲܪ̈ܦܘܼܫܝܵܬ݂ܵܐ (ḥarpušyāṯā))

1. dung beetle

• ܡܚܲܪܦܸܫ (mḥarpiš, “to search for food”)

Compare Arabic خُنْفُسَاء (ḵunfusāʔ) and Hebrew חִפּוּשִׁית (ḥippûšîṯ). Also compare ܚܒܫܘܫܬܐ (ḥaḇšuštā, “beetle; leech”).

• IPA^(key): [ħarpuʃtɑ]

ܚܪܦܘܫܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܚܪܦܘܫܝܬܐ)

1. dung beetle

• “ḥrpwšh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, →ISBN, page 494b