Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

azorafa f (plural azorafas)

  1. (obsolete) giraffe
    Synonym: jirafa

References edit

  1. ^ “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 edit