Schiraff

Hunsrik

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?
    Classical Persian سرنا
    Proto-Indo-European *ped-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *pṓds
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts
    Proto-Iranian *pā́dah
    Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)
    Classical Persian پَا (pā)
    Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.
    Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.
    Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.
    Italian giraffabor.
    Brazilian Portuguese girafabor.
    Hunsrik Schiraff

    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese girafa.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃiˈraf/
    • Rhymes: -af
    • Syllabification: Schi‧raff

    Noun

    Schiraff f (plural Schiraffe)

    1. giraffe

    References

    1. ^ Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Schiraff”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 141, column 1
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