ዘራፍ

Tigre

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
    Classical Persian سرنا
    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 ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
    Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
    Tigre ዘራፍ (zäraf)

    Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), by-form زَرَاف (zarāf).

    Noun

    ዘራፍ • (zäraf)

    1. giraffe
      Synonym: ዝዖታ (zəʿota)

    References

    • Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዘራፍ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 498a

    Tigrinya

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
      Classical Persian سرنا
      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 ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
      Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
      Tigrinya ዘራፍ (zäraf)

      Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), by-form زَرَاف (zarāf).

      Noun

      ዘራፍ • (zäraf)

      1. giraffe
        Synonym: ዝዖታ (zəʿota)
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