Girafe

Giraffe

Origin:	French/Persian
Source Name:	زُرنَاپَا‎
Japanese:	ジラフ
Appears In:	Umi no Oriuta

Origin

Girafe is the common name used in modern French for Giraffa Camelopardalis, the iconic African mammal. The name comes from the Arabic word Zarafa and ultimately from the Persian Zurnapa ('Flute Leg').

Appearances

• Giraffe is a town in Marcherose, in Umi no Oriuta.

Trivia

• The Chinese Qillin and Japanese Kirin (both 麒麟) are used to refer to real giraffes, alongside phonetic transcriptions into hanzi/katakana respectively.