zürafa
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa, “giraffe”); ultimately from Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā), a compound of زُرنَا (zurnā, “flute”) and پَا (pā, “leg”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zürafa (definite accusative zürafayı)
- giraffe
- a kind of needle lace in Turkey