jirafa
Basque
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Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
Basque jirafa
Borrowed from Spanish jirafa, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟiɾafa/ [ɟi.ɾa.fa]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -afa, -a
- Hyphenation: ji‧ra‧fa
Noun
jirafa anim
Declension
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jirafa | jirafa | jirafak | jirafok |
| ergative | jirafak | jirafak | jirafek | jirafok |
| dative | jirafari | jirafari | jirafei | jirafoi |
| genitive | jirafaren | jirafaren | jirafen | jirafon |
| comitative | jirafarekin | jirafarekin | jirafekin | jirafokin |
| causative | jirafarengatik | jirafarengatik | jirafengatik | jirafongatik |
| benefactive | jirafarentzat | jirafarentzat | jirafentzat | jirafontzat |
| instrumental | jirafaz | jirafaz | jirafez | jirafotaz |
| innesive | jirafarengan | jirafarengan | jirafengan | jirafongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | jirafarengana | jirafarengana | jirafengana | jirafongana |
| terminative | jirafarenganaino | jirafarenganaino | jirafenganaino | jirafonganaino |
| directive | jirafarenganantz | jirafarenganantz | jirafenganantz | jirafonganantz |
| destinative | jirafarenganako | jirafarenganako | jirafenganako | jirafonganako |
| ablative | jirafarengandik | jirafarengandik | jirafengandik | jirafongandik |
| partitive | jirafarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | jirafatzat | — | — | — |
Further reading
- “jirafa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
- “jirafa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
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Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl jirafa
Noun
jirafa
Spanish
Etymology
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Classical Persian زُرْنَا (zurnā)
Spanish jirafa
Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xiˈɾafa/ [xiˈɾa.fa]
Audio (Spain): (file) - Rhymes: -afa
- Syllabification: ji‧ra‧fa
Noun
jirafa f (plural jirafas)
- giraffe
- Synonym: (obsolete) azorafa
- boom microphone
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “jirafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Uzbek
| Arabic (Yangi Imlo) | |
|---|---|
| Cyrillic | жирафа |
| Latin | jirafa |
| Afghan Uzbek |
Alternative forms
- jiraf
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), via Russian жирафа (žirafa). Doublet of zirofa (“giraffe”).
Noun
jirafa (plural jirafalar)
- giraffe
- Synonym: zirofa