ziraph

ziraph
ziraph
obs. form of giraffe.

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  • giraffe — 1590s, giraffa, from It. giraffa, from Arabic zarafa, probably from an African language. Earlier M.E. spellings varied wildly, depending on the source, including jarraf, ziraph, and gerfauntz, some apparently directly from Arabic, the last… …   Etymology dictionary

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