Giraffe
German (Berlin)
/ɡiˈʁafə/, /ʒiˈʁafə/
noun
Definitions
- giraffe animal
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German geraff derived from Italian giraffa derived from Arabic زَرافَة.
Origin
Arabic
زَرافَة
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- giraffe English
- giraffa Italian
- giraffista Italian
- giraf Dutch, Flemish
- giraffe Dutch, Flemish
- girafe French
- giraffe French
- жира́ф Russian
- jirafa Spanish, Castilian
- giraff Swedish
- żyrafa Polish
- giraf Danish
- زَرافَة Arabic
- زَرَافَة Arabic
- ĝirafo Esperanto
- girafă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- giraffur Faroese
- girafe Norman
- geraff Middle High German
- Giraff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ហ្សីរ៉ាហ្វ Central Khmer
- žiraf Turkmen
- žiraffu Livvi