زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

سرناپا‎ (sornâpâ)

Etymology

Compound of ‎ (zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ ‎ (pâ, “leg”). Doublet of ‎, a reborrowing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /zurnɒːpɒː/
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [zornɒːˈpʰɒː]

Noun

زرناپا • (zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان‎ (zornâpâyân) or زرناپاها‎ (zornâpâhâ))

giraffe

Synonyms

شترگاوپلنگ‎ (šotorgâvpalang)
زرافه‎ (zarâfe)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: سرناپا‎ (surnapa), زرناپا‎ (zurnapa)
- Turkish: zurnapa
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ‎ (zarnāpā), ܙܪܝܦܐ‎ (zarāfā)
- → Arabic: زرافة‎ (zarāfa), زُرَافَة‎ (zurāfa)
  - → Italian: giraffa
    - → French: girafe
  - → Middle Armenian: զուրափէ (zurapʿē), զուրափայ (zurapʿay), զուրաֆայ (zurafay)
  - → Ottoman Turkish: زرافه‎ (zürâfe)
    - Turkish: zürafa
    - → Armenian: զո̈ւրաֆե (zürafe)
→ Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʿay)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “زرناپا”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
"surnipâ". Ferit Devellioğlu, Osmanlica Lûgât.
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զուրափէ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 110a

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