jerapah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦗꦫꦥꦃ (jarapah), from Arabic زَرَافَة (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ (zarāfa). Doublet of zarafah, zirafah. Attested before 1967.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡ʒəˈrapah]
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Hyphenation: jê‧ra‧pah

Noun

jêrapah (first-person possessive jerapahku, second-person possessive jerapahmu, third-person possessive jerapahnya)

giraffe (mammal)

Alternative forms

djerapah (superseded)
jerafah, zarafah, zurafah (nonstandard variants)
zirafah: nonstandard Indonesian, standard Malay

Further reading

“jerapah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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