زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

• سرناپا (sornâpâ)

Etymology

From زُرْنَا (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ پَا (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of زرافه (zarâfe), a reborrowing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɑː.ˈpɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔː.pʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zoɹ.nɒː.pʰɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔ.pʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	zurnāpā
Dari reading?	zurnāpā
Iranian reading?	zornâpâ
Tajik reading?	zurnopo

Noun

Dari	زرناپا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	зурнопо

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 (zarnāp̄ā), ܙܪܐܦܗ, ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)
  • → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (see there for further descendants)
• → 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