زرناپا

زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرناپا‎ (sornâpâ)

Etymology

Compound of زرنا‎ (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ پا‎ (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of زرافه‎ (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))

1. 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