Where does “zirafah” come from?

zirafah (Malay) comes from Arabic زرافة, from Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐ, from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܦܐ, from Persian زرناپا, from Persian پَا — leg.

zirafah (Malay): giraffe; Nonstandard form of jerapah

Definitions

  1. giraffe; Nonstandard form of jerapah

Ancestry of “zirafah”, step by step

zirafah traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Arabic زرافة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزرافةgiraffe; group of people, cluster of people, body...
2Classical Syriacܙܪܝܦܐgiraffe
3Classical Syriacܙܪܢܦܐgiraffe
4Persianزرناپاgiraffe
5Persianپَاleg

via Classical Malay زرافه

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Malayزرافه—
2Arabicزَرَافَةgiraffe
3Classical Syriacܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ—
4Persianزُرنَاپَا—
5Persianزُرنَاflute, zurna

Words derived from “zirafah”

Every word from Persian پَا →Every word from Persian زرناپا →Every word from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܦܐ →