زرناپا

Persian

Alternative forms

سرناپا (sornâpâ)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian (zurnā)

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 (pā)

Persian

From (zurnā / zornâ, “flute, zurna”) +‎ (pā / pâ, “leg”). Doublet of (zarāfa / zarâfe), a reborrowing from Arabic.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /zur.naː.ˈpaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zʊɾ.nɑː.pʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔː.pʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [zoɹ.nɒː.pʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [zuɾ.nɔ.pʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	zurnāpā
Dari reading^?	zurnāpā
Iranian reading^?	zornâpâ
Tajik reading^?	zurnopo

Noun

زرناپا • (zurnāpā / zornâpâ) (plural زرناپایان (zurnāpāyān / zornâpâyân), or زرناپاها (zurnāpā-hā / zornâpâ-hâ), Tajik spelling зурнопо)

giraffe
Synonyms: شترگاوپلنگ (šuturgāwpalang / šotorgâvpalang), زرافه (zarāfa / zarâfe)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: سرناپا (surnapa), زرناپا (zurnapa)
- Turkish: zurnapa
→ Classical Syriac: ܙܪܢܦܐ (zarnāp̄ā), ܙܪܐܦܗ, ܙܪܝܦܐ (zārīp̄ā)
- → Arabic: زَرَافَة (zarāfa), زُرَافَة (zurāfa) (see there for further descendants)
→ Middle Armenian: զուռնափայ (zuṙnapʻay)

References

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