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): [zuɾ.nɑː.ˈpɑː]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔː.pʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zoɹ.nɒː.pʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔ.pʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zurnāpā
Dari reading^?	zurnāpā
Iranian reading^?	zornâpâ
Tajik reading^?	zurnopo

Noun


Iranian Persian	زرناپا
Dari	زرناپا
Tajik	зурнопо

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
      - → Romanian: girafă
    - → German: Giraffe
      - → Hungarian: zsiráf
    - → Portuguese: girafa
    - → Spanish: jirafa
      - → Basque: jirafa
      - → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa
  - → Spanish: azorafa
  - → Sicilian: zirafa
  - → Tigre: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Tigrinya: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Blin: ዘራፍ (zarā́f)
  - → Italian: giraffa
    - → French: girafe
      - → Catalan: girafa
      - → English: giraffe
      - → Polish: żyrafa
      - → Romanian: girafă
    - → German: Giraffe
      - → Hungarian: zsiráf
    - → Portuguese: girafa
    - → Spanish: jirafa
      - → Basque: jirafa
      - → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa
  - → Spanish: azorafa
  - → Sicilian: zirafa
  - → Tigre: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
  - → Tigrinya: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
→ Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʻay)

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, Hračʻeay (1973) “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a

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