Feminine
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jirafa

Meaning

  1. (feminine) giraffe
  2. (feminine) boom microphone

Synonyms

Jirafa

pardal

camelopard

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ji‧ra‧fa
Pronounced as (IPA)
/xiˈɾafa/
Etymology

In summary

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.? Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā) Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts Proto-Iranian *pā́dah Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d) Classical Persian پَا (pā) Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)bor. Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor. Italian giraffabor. Spanish jirafa Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa

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