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scarab

/ˈskæɹəb/

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scarab noun: a beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.

scarab: a beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians
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Noun

scarab (plural scarabs)

  1. A beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
  2. Any species of beetle belonging to the family Scarabaeidae.
  3. A symbol, seal, amulet, or gem fashioned to resemble the sacred beetle.
    • The scarab, which is a very small one, Leo had insisted upon having set in a massive gold ring, such as is generally used for signets, and it was this very ring that I now picked up.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  4. (slang) The currency sign ¤.

scarab meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

scarab in Tamil

உருள்வண்டு, பீவண்டு, தூயவண்டு, வண்டு போன்று செய்த அணிகல், வண்டுரு மணி

scarab in Arabic

Scarabaeus sacer
جِعْرَان jiʕrān, جُعَل juʕal
Scarabaeidae
جِعْرَان jiʕrān, جُعَل juʕal

scarab in Vietnamese

Scarabaeus sacer
bọ hung
Scarabaeidae
bọ hung

Synonyms of scarab

All synonyms of scarab

Forms of scarab

pluralscarabs

Plural of scarab: scarabs

Origin of scarab

From Middle French scarabée, from Latin scarabaeus (“beetle”). Doublet of scarabaeus, now obsolete.

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Questions about scarab

What does scarab mean?
Scarab means a beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
What is scarab in Tamil?
Scarab in Tamil is உருள்வண்டு, பீவண்டு, தூயவண்டு. See Scarab meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scarab?
Scarab is a noun.
How do you pronounce scarab?
Scarab is pronounced /ˈskæɹəb/ (UK).
What is the plural of scarab?
The plural of scarab is scarabs.

Words near scarab in the dictionary

  1. scar tissue
  2. scar tissues
  3. scar tree
  4. scar trees
  5. Scar-Jo
  6. scarab
  7. scarab beetle
  8. scarab beetles
  9. scarabaei
  10. scarabaeid
  11. scarabaeidologist

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scarab (page history and authors); scarab (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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