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zürafa.

giraffe

6 characters3 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/zyraːfaː/

  1. giraffe

  2. a kind of needle lace in Turkey

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish زرافه (zürafa), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā), from Classical Persian زُرنَاپَا (zurnāpā). Etymologically related to zurna and piyade.

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