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Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

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    • 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, -a
    • Hyphenation: ji‧ra‧fa

    Noun

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    jirafa anim

    1. giraffe

    Declension

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    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

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    • jirafa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
    • jirafa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

    Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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    Etymology

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      From Spanish jirafa.

      Noun

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      jirafa

      1. giraffe.

      Spanish

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /xiˈɾafa/ [xiˈɾa.fa]
        • Audio (Spain):(file)
        • Rhymes: -afa
        • Syllabification: ji‧ra‧fa

        Noun

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        jirafa f (plural jirafas)

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

        Derived terms

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        Descendants

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        • Basque: jirafa
        • Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa

        Further reading

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        Uzbek

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        Other scripts
        Yangi Imlo
        Cyrillic жирафа
        Latin jirafa
        Perso-Arabic
        (Afghanistan)

        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        Ultimately from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), via Russian жирафа (žirafa). Doublet of zirofa (giraffe).

        Noun

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        jirafa (plural jirafalar)

        1. giraffe
          Synonym: zirofa