girafă

== Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe, borrowed from Italian giraffa, borrowed from Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā), borrowed from Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā), from زُرْنَا (zurnā) + پَا (pā). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒiˈra.fə/ === Noun === girafă f (plural girafe) giraffe ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “girafǎ”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026