jirafa

Basque

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.
    Italian giraffabor.
    Spanish jirafabor.
    Basque jirafa

    Borrowed from Spanish jirafa, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟiɾafa/ [ɟi.ɾa.fa]
     
    • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xiɾafa/ [xi.ɾa.fa]
    • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒiɾafa/ [d͡ʒi.ɾa.fa]
    • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jiɾafa/ [ji.ɾa.fa]

    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -afa, -a
    • Hyphenation: ji‧ra‧fa

    Noun

    jirafa anim

    1. giraffe

    Declension

    Declension of jirafa (animate, ending in -a)
    indefinite singular plural
    absolutive jirafa jirafa jirafak
    ergative jirafak jirafak jirafek
    dative jirafari jirafari jirafei
    genitive jirafaren jirafaren jirafen
    comitative jirafarekin jirafarekin jirafekin
    causative jirafarengatik jirafarengatik jirafengatik
    benefactive jirafarentzat jirafarentzat jirafentzat
    instrumental jirafaz jirafaz jirafez
    inessive jirafarengan jirafarengan jirafengan
    locative — — —
    allative jirafarengana jirafarengana jirafengana
    terminative jirafarenganaino jirafarenganaino jirafenganaino
    directive jirafarenganantz jirafarenganantz jirafenganantz
    destinative jirafarenganako jirafarenganako jirafenganako
    ablative jirafarengandik jirafarengandik jirafengandik
    partitive jirafarik — —
    prolative jirafatzat — —

    Further reading

    • “jirafa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
    • “jirafa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

    Central Huasteca Nahuatl

    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.
      Italian giraffabor.
      Spanish jirafabor.
      Central Huasteca Nahuatl jirafa

      From Spanish jirafa.

      Noun

      jirafa

      1. giraffe.

      Spanish

      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.
        Italian giraffabor.
        Spanish jirafa

        Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /xiˈɾafa/ [xiˈɾa.fa]
        • Audio (Spain):(file)
        • Rhymes: -afa
        • Syllabification: ji‧ra‧fa

        Noun

        jirafa f (plural jirafas)

        1. giraffe
          Synonym: (obsolete) azorafa
        2. boom microphone

        Derived terms

        Descendants

        • → Basque: jirafa
        • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

        Further reading

        Uzbek

        Other scripts
        Yangi Imlo
        Cyrillic жирафа‍
        Latin jirafa‍
        Perso-Arabic
        (Afghanistan)

        Alternative forms

        • jiraf

        Etymology

        Ultimately from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), via Russian жирафа (žirafa). Doublet of zirofa (“giraffe”).

        Noun

        jirafa (plural jirafalar)

        1. giraffe
          Synonym: zirofa
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