girafă

See also: girafa, Girafa, and ĝirafa

Romanian

Girafă

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.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafebor.

Romanian girafă

Borrowed from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe, borrowed from Italian giraffa, borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ, borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from سرنا + پَا (pā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.fə/

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Noun

girafă f (plural girafe)

1. giraffe

Declension

Declension of girafă

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	girafă	girafa		girafe	girafele
genitive-dative	girafe	girafei		girafe	girafelor
vocative	girafă, girafo			girafelor

Further reading

• girafǎ in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)