How to say "bee" in Arabic
False friendMeaningbee
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
نَحْلَة
naḥlaנחלה
نحلة
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
דְּבוֹרָה
dvoraدْڤُورَا
How the two words are related
False friend
Sounds like a Hebrew word but means something else — handle with care.
Arabic root
ن-ح-لNaḥla looks and sounds exactly like Hebrew נַחַל (naḥal) — but that word means 'stream, wadi', not 'bee'. Pure coincidence of root shape (נ-ח-ל matches ن-ح-ل letter for letter); the real Hebrew word for bee, דבורה, comes from somewhere else entirely.
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In a phrase
نَحْلَة تَطِير
naḥla taṭīrנחלה תטירa bee flying
Plural
نَحْلَات
naḥlātנחלאתsound feminine plural -āt; the collective naḥl also works for 'bees' in general