giraffe
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ʒiˈrɑf/
noun
Definitions
- (alternative spelling of) giraf.
Etymology
Derived from German Giraffe derived from Italian giraffa derived from Arabic زَرَافَة (giraffe).
Origin
Arabic
زَرَافَة
Gloss
giraffe
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- giraffa Latin
- Giraffe German
- giraffa Italian
- giraffista Italian
- giraf Dutch, Flemish
- girafe French
- giraffe French
- жира́ф Russian
- jirafa Spanish, Castilian
- sjiraff Norwegian Bokmål
- żyrafa Polish
- sjiraff Norwegian Nynorsk
- giraf Danish
- زَرافَة Arabic
- زَرَافَة Arabic
- زرناپا Persian
- زُرنَاپَا Persian
- zarafah Indonesian
- zürafa Turkish
- zirafah Malay
- geraff Middle High German
- zürafə Azerbaijani
- ג׳ירפה Hebrew (modern)
- jarapah Javanese
- ܙܪܝܦܐ Classical Syriac
- ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ Classical Syriac