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Where does “žiraf” come from?

žiraf (Turkmen) comes from Russian жира́ф, from French girafe, from Middle French giraffe.

žiraf (Turkmen): giraffe

Definitions

  1. giraffe

Ancestry of “žiraf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianжира́ф—
2Frenchgirafegiraffe; boom
3Middle Frenchgiraffe—
Every word from Middle French giraffe →