jerapah

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === djerapah (1901–1947, 1947–1972) jerafah, zarafah, zirafah, zurafah (nonstandard) === Etymology === Borrowed from Javanese ꦗꦫꦥꦃ (jarapah), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa). Doublet of zarafah, zirafah. Attested before 1967. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /d͡ʒəˈrapah/ [d͡ʒəˈra.pah] Rhymes: -apah Syllabification: je‧ra‧pah === Noun === jêrapah (plural jerapah-jerapah) giraffe Alternative form: zirafah (Malay) === Further reading === “jerapah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016