jirafa

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jirafa, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟiɾafa/ [ɟi.ɾa.fa]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xiɾafa/ [xi.ɾa.fa]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒiɾafa/ [d͡ʒi.ɾa.fa]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jiɾafa/ [ji.ɾa.fa]

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -afa
  • Hyphenation: ji‧ra‧fa

Noun

jirafa anim

  1. giraffe

Declension
Declension of jirafa (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive jirafa jirafa jirafak
ergative jirafak jirafak jirafek
dative jirafari jirafari jirafei
genitive jirafaren jirafaren jirafen
comitative jirafarekin jirafarekin jirafekin
causative jirafarengatik jirafarengatik jirafengatik
benefactive jirafarentzat jirafarentzat jirafentzat
instrumental jirafaz jirafaz jirafez
inessive jirafarengan jirafarengan jirafengan
locative — — —
allative jirafarengana jirafarengana jirafengana
terminative jirafarenganaino jirafarenganaino jirafenganaino
directive jirafarenganantz jirafarenganantz jirafenganantz
destinative jirafarenganako jirafarenganako jirafenganako
ablative jirafarengandik jirafarengandik jirafengandik
partitive jirafarik — —
prolative jirafatzat — —

Further reading
  • "jirafa" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “jirafa” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

From Spanish jirafa.

Noun

jirafa

  1. giraffe.

Spanish

Etymology

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)

  1. giraffe
    Synonym: (obsolete) azorafa
  2. boom microphone

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Basque: jirafa
  • → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

Further reading

Uzbek
Other scripts
Cyrillic жирафа (jirafa)‍
Latin jirafa‍
Perso-Arabic

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa).

Noun

jirafa (plural jirafalar)

  1. giraffe
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