زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

سرناپا‎ (sornâpâ)

Etymology

Compound of ‎ (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ ‎ (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of ‎ (zarâfe), a reborrowing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zuɾnɑːˈpɑː/

(Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /zʊɾnɑːˈpɑː/

(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /zoɾnɒːˈpɒː/

(Tajik) IPA^(key): /zuɾnɔˈpɔ/

Noun

زرناپا • (zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان‎ (zornâpâyân) or زرناپاها‎ (zornâpâhâ))

giraffe

Synonyms

شترگاوپلنگ‎ (šotorgâvpalang)
زرافه‎ (zarâfe)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: سرناپا‎ (surnapa), زرناپا‎ (zurnapa)
- Turkish: zurnapa
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ‎ (zarnāp̄ā), ܙܪܝܦܐ‎ (zārīp̄ā)
- → Arabic: زَرَافَة‎ (zarāfa), زُرَافَة‎ (zurāfa)
  - → Blin: ዘራፍ (zarā́f)
  - → Italian: giraffa
    - → French: girafe
      - → Catalan: girafa
      - → English: giraffe
      - → Polish: żyrafa
    - → German: Giraffe
    - → Portuguese: girafa
    - → Spanish: jirafa
      - → Basque: jirafa
      - → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa
  - → Sicilian: zirafa
  - → Tigre: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Tigrinya: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Blin: ዘራፍ (zarā́f)
  - → Italian: giraffa
    - → French: girafe
      - → Catalan: girafa
      - → English: giraffe
      - → Polish: żyrafa
    - → German: Giraffe
    - → Portuguese: girafa
    - → Spanish: jirafa
      - → Basque: jirafa
      - → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa
  - → Sicilian: zirafa
  - → Tigre: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Tigrinya: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
→ Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʿay)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زراف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
"surnipâ". Ferit Devellioğlu, Osmanlica Lûgât.
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a

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