giraffa

Meaning

1. (feminine) giraffe (mammal)
2. (feminine) boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)

Concepts

giraffe

🦒

camelopard

Camelopardalis

boom

💥

Giraffa camelopardalis

microphone boom

boom microphone

Synonyms

Giraffa

Giraffa camelopardalis

camelopardo

Translations

Giraffe

🦒

girafe

🦒

jirafa

🦒

zürafa

🦒

girafa

🦒

καμηλοπάρδαλη

girafa

🦒

giraf

🦒

girafa

camelopardalis

🦒

giraffe

زرافة

🦒

giraffa

🦒

Girafa

Hyphenated as

gi‧ràf‧fa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒiˈraf.fa/

Etymology

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 giraffa
Borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from زُرْنَا (zurnā) + پَا (pā).