زرافة

Meaning

giraffe (mammal)

Concepts

giraffe

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camelopard

Camelopardalis

Translations

girafe

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καμηλοπάρδαλη

giraffa

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girafa

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Giraffe

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jirafa

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zürafa

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giraf

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camelopardalis

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girafa

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giraffa

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girafa

giraffe

Giraffe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/za.raː.fa/

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), variant of ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā); ultimately from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pā, “leg”).
Not a cognate of Ge'ez ዘራት (zärat), ዛራት (zarat), Tigre ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Tigrinya ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Blin ድዖታ (dəʿṓtā), Saho ዞዖታ (zoʿṓtā), Amharic ጅራተ ቀጭን (ǧəratä ḳäč̣č̣ən, literally “thin-tail”), Somali geri, Saho ገረ (garā), Afar garaa, Xamtanga [script needed] (jeraa), all meaning “giraffe” and referring to its remarkable “tail”, Amharic ጅራት (ǧərat).