زرناپا
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Persian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- سرناپا (sornâpâ)
Etymology
[edit]Compound of زرنا (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) + پا (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of زرافه (zarâfe), a reborrowing from Arabic.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [zuɾ.nɑː.ˈpɑː]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [zoɹ.nɒː.pʰɒ́ː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [zuɾ.nɔ.pʰɔ́]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | zurnāpā |
Dari reading? | zurnāpā |
Iranian reading? | zornâpâ |
Tajik reading? | zurnopo |
Noun
[edit]Dari | زرناپا |
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Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | зурнопо |
زرناپا • (zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان (zornâpâyân) or زرناپاها (zornâpâhâ))
- giraffe
- Synonyms: شترگاوپلنگ (šotorgâvpalang), زرافه (zarâfe)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ottoman Turkish: سرناپا (surnapa), زرناپا (zurnapa)
- Turkish: zurnapa
- → Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā), ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)
- → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa)
- → Blin: ዘራፍ (zarā́f)
- → Italian: giraffa
- → Spanish: azorafa
- → Sicilian: zirafa
- → Tigre: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
- → Tigrinya: ዘራፍ (zäraf)
- → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa)
- → Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʻay)
References
[edit]- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زراف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
- "surnipâ". Ferit Devellioğlu, Osmanlica Lûgât.
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a