zürafa
Turkish
/zyraːfaː/
noun
Definitions
- giraffe
- a kind of needle lace in Turkey
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (giraffe) derived from Persian زُرنَاپَا.
Origin
Persian
زُرنَاپَا
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- giraffa Latin
- giraffa Italian
- girafe French
- giraffe French
- sjiraff Norwegian Bokmål
- sjiraff Norwegian Nynorsk
- زَرَافَة Arabic
- زرافه Persian
- زرناپا Persian
- زُرنَاپَا Persian
- zarafah Indonesian
- zirafah Malay
- zürafə Azerbaijani
- ג׳ירפה Hebrew (modern)
- žirafa Slovak
- žirafí Slovak
- jarapah Javanese
- ܙܪܝܦܐ Classical Syriac
- ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ Classical Syriac