jerapah
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Javanese ꦗꦫꦥꦃ (jarapah), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa). Doublet of zarafah, zirafah. Attested before 1967.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jêrapah (first-person possessive jerapahku, second-person possessive jerapahmu, third-person possessive jerapahnya)
- giraffe (mammal)
Alternative forms edit
- djerapah (superseded)
- jerafah, zarafah, zurafah (nonstandard variants)
- zirafah: nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay
Further reading edit
- “jerapah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.