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Persian
Etymology
From زُرْنَا (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) + پَا (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of زرافه (zarrâfe/zarâfe), a reborrowing from Arabic.
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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zurnāpā
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| Dari reading?
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zurnāpā
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| Iranian reading?
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zornâpâ
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| Tajik reading?
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zurnopo
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Noun
| Dari
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زرناپا
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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зурнопо
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زرناپا • (zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان (zornâpâyân) or زرناپاها (zornâpâhâ))
- giraffe
- Synonyms: شترگاوپلنگ (šotorgâvpalang), زرافه (zarâfe)
Descendants
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زراف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- "surnipâ". Ferit Devellioğlu, Osmanlica Lûgât.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a