زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرناپا (sornâpâ)

Etymology

Compound of زرنا (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ پا (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of زرافه, a reborrowing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zurnɒːpɒː/
• IPA^(key): [zornɒːˈpʰɒː]

Noun

زرناپا • (zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان (zornâpâyân) or زرناپاها (zornâpâhâ))

1. giraffe

Synonyms

• شترگاوپلنگ (šotorgâvpalang)
• زرافه (zarâfe)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: سرناپا (surnapa), زرناپا (zurnapa)
  • Turkish: zurnapa
• → Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāpā), ܙܪܝܦܐ (zarāfā)
  • → Arabic: زرافة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa)
    • → Italian: giraffa
      • → French: girafe
    • → Middle Armenian: զուրափէ (zurapʻē), զուրափայ (zurapʻay), զուրաֆայ (zurafay)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: زرافه (zürâfe)
      • Turkish: zürafa
      • → Armenian: զո̈ւրաֆե (zürafe)
• → Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʻay)

References

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “زراف”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• "surnipâ". Ferit Devellioğlu, Osmanlica Lûgât.
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a