jerapah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦫꦥꦃ (jarapah), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa). Doublet of zarafah, zirafah. Attested before 1967.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒəˈrapah]

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• Hyphenation: jê‧ra‧pah

Noun

jêrapah (first-person possessive jerapahku, second-person possessive jerapahmu, third-person possessive jerapahnya)

1. giraffe (mammal)

Alternative forms

• djerapah (superseded)
• jerafah, zarafah, zurafah (nonstandard variants)
• zirafah: nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay

Further reading

• “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.