jerapah

Indonesian

Alternative forms

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]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -apah
  • Syllabification: je‧ra‧pah

Noun

jêrapah (plural jerapah-jerapah)

  1. giraffe
    Alternative form: zirafah (Malay)

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