sjiraff

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• giraff (deprecated spelling)

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 زَرَافَة (zarāfa)der.

Norwegian Bokmål sjiraff

From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) •.

Noun

sjiraff m (definite singular sjiraffen, indefinite plural sjiraffer, definite plural sjiraffene)

1. a giraffe (mammal)

   Sjiraffer har lange halser.

   Giraffes have long necks.

References

• “sjiraff” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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 زَرَافَة (zarāfa)der.

Norwegian Nynorsk sjiraff

From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa) •.

Noun

sjiraff m (definite singular sjiraffen, indefinite plural sjiraffar, definite plural sjiraffane)

1. a giraffe (mammal)

   Sjiraffar har lange halsar.

   Giraffes have long necks.

References

• “sjiraff” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.