زرافة
العربية
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زرافة¹
- /za.raː.fa/
- /zu.raː.fa/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), variant of ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā); ultimately from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pā, “leg”).
Not a cognate of Ge'ez ዘራት (zärat), ዛራት (zarat), Tigre ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Tigrinya ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Blin ድዖታ (dəʿṓtā), Saho ዞዖታ (zoʿṓtā), Amharic ጅራተ ቀጭን (ǧəratä ḳäč̣č̣ən, literally “thin-tail”), Somali geri, Saho ገረ (garā), Afar garaa, Xamtanga [script needed] (jeraa), all meaning “giraffe” and referring to its remarkable “tail”, Amharic ጅራት (ǧərat).
noun زَرَافَة · زُرَافَة · zarāfa · zurāfa · زَرَافَى · زُرَافَى
- giraffe (mammal)
زرافة²
Where it comes from
From the concept of a giraffe being an amalgam of several animals jointly; compare Persian شترگاوپلنگ (šotorgâvpalang, “giraffe”, literally “camel-ox-leopard”) and Ancient Greek καμηλοπάρδαλῐς (kamēlopárdalĭs, “giraffe”).
noun زَرَافَة · zarāfa · زَرَافَات · الزَّرَافَة
- group of people, cluster of people, body of people زَرَافَاتٍ وَوُحْدَانًا
In English
- giraffe mammal
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