azorafa

Spanish

Etymology

From Mozarabic or Arabized Spanish *azzuráfa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aθoˈɾafa/ [a.θoˈɾa.fa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /asoˈɾafa/ [a.soˈɾa.fa]
Rhymes: -afa
Syllabification: a‧zo‧ra‧fa

Noun

azorafa f (plural azorafas)

(obsolete) giraffe
Synonym: jirafa

References

“I. The Old Spanish Sibilants”, in Studies and Notes in Philology and Literature, volume VII, Tremont Place, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Modern Languages Department, Harvard University by Ginn & Company, 1900, pages 26–27

Further reading

“azorafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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