jirafa

== Basque == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish jirafa, from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟiɾafa/ [ɟi.ɾa.fa] Rhymes: -afa, -a Hyphenation: ji‧ra‧fa === Noun === jirafa anim giraffe ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “jirafa”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “jirafa”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Central Huasteca Nahuatl == === Etymology === From Spanish jirafa. === Noun === jirafa giraffe. == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian giraffa, from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa). Compare the obsolete doublet azorafa === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xiˈɾafa/ [xiˈɾa.fa] Rhymes: -afa Syllabification: ji‧ra‧fa === Noun === jirafa f (plural jirafas) giraffe Synonym: (obsolete) azorafa boom microphone ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Basque: jirafa → Central Huasteca Nahuatl: jirafa === Further reading === “jirafa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Uzbek == === Alternative forms === jiraf === Etymology === Ultimately from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), via Russian жирафа (žirafa). Doublet of zirofa (“giraffe”). === Noun === jirafa (plural jirafalar) giraffe Synonym: zirofa