/za.raː.fa/, /zu.raː.fa/
الأصلFrom Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), variant of ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā); ultimately from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pā, “leg”).
Not a cognate of Ge'ez ዘራት (zärat), ዛራት (zarat), Tigre ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Tigrinya ዝዖታ (zəʿota), Blin ድዖታ (dəʿṓtā), Saho ዞዖታ (zoʿṓtā), Amharic ጅራተ ቀጭን (ǧəratä ḳäč̣č̣ən, literally “thin-tail”), Somali geri, Saho ገረ (garā), Afar garaa, Xamtanga [script needed] (jeraa), all meaning “giraffe” and referring to its remarkable “tail”, Amharic ጅራት (ǧərat).
- giraffe (mammal)
- group of people, cluster of people, body of people
“زَرَافَاتٍ وَوُحْدَانًا” — jointly and severally; in groups and alone
الصيغزَرَافَة(canonical) · زُرَافَة(canonical, feminine) · zarāfa(romanization) · zurāfa(romanization) · زَرَافَى(plural) · زُرَافَى(plural) · زَرَائِف(plural) · زَرَاف(plural) · زَرَافَة(ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · زُرَافَة(ar-infl-a, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الزَّرَافَة(ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote) · الزُّرَافَة(ar-infl-a, definite, informal, singular, triptote) · زَرَافَة(ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote) · زُرَافَة(ar-infl-a, construct, informal, singular, triptote) · زَرَافَةٌ(ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · زُرَافَةٌ(ar-infl-a, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الزَّرَافَةُ(ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الزُّرَافَةُ(ar-infl-a, definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · زَرَافَةُ(ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote) · زُرَافَةُ(ar-infl-a, construct, nominative, singular, triptote)