زرافه

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Malay

زرافه

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa).

Pronunciation

Noun

زرافه (Rumi spelling zirafah)

  1. giraffe (Mammal)

Persian

Persian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fa

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa), ultimately from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pā, “leg”).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? zarāfa
Dari reading? zarāfa
Iranian reading? zarâfe
Tajik reading? zarofa
  • Audio (Iran):(file)

Noun

زرافه • (zarâfe) (plural زرافه‌ها (zarâfe-hâ))

  1. giraffe (Mammal)
    Synonyms: شترگاوپلنگ (šotorgâvpalang), اشترگاوپلنگ (oštorgâvpalang); زراف (zarâf); زرناپا (zornâpâ)

References

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