żyrafa
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Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French girafe, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), variant of ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā); ultimately from Persian زُرنَاپَا (zornâpâ), a compound of زُرنَا (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) and پَا (pâ, “leg”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
żyrafa f (diminutive żyrafiątko)
Declension[edit]
Declension of żyrafa
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Descendants[edit]
- → Kashubian: żirafa
Further reading[edit]
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- Polish terms borrowed from French
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- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Arabic
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- Polish terms derived from Persian
- Polish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Polish/afa
- Rhymes:Polish/afa/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
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