jerapah
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Javanese ꦗꦫꦥꦃ (jarapah), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa). Doublet of zarafah, zirafah. Attested before 1967.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editjêrapah (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edit- djerapah (superseded)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.
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- id:Mammals