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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Classical Persian پَا (pā) Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܦܐ
Borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā).
Pronunciation
Noun
ܙܪܢܦܐ • (zarnāp̄ā) m (plural ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ē))
- giraffe
- Synonym: ܓܡܠ ܢܡܪܐ (gəmal nemrā)
Inflection
Descendants
- → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “zrnp”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-11-20
- Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 92a
- Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 399b