ዘራፍ

Tigre

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Tigre ዘራፍ (zäraf)

Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), by-form زَرَاف (zarāf).

Noun

ዘራፍ • (zäraf)

1. giraffe

   Synonym: ዝዖታ (zəʿota)

References

• Littmann, Enno, Höfner, Maria (1962) “ዘራፍ”, in Wörterbuch der Tigrē-Sprache. Tigrē—Deutsch—Englisch (Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur; XI)‎^[1], Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, page 498a

Tigrinya

ዘራፍ – Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Tigrinya ዘራፍ (zäraf)

Borrowed from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), by-form زَرَاف (zarāf).

Noun

ዘራፍ • (zäraf)

1. giraffe

   Synonym: ዝዖታ (zəʿota)