ܙܰܪܢܳܦܳܐ zrnpʾ zarnāp̄ā Atriplex odorata
Reborrowings: ܙܪܐܦܗ zrʾph; ܙܘܪܐܦܗ zwrʾph. Derivative: ܙܲܪܢܘܼܦܬܵܐ zrnwptʾ zarnup̄tā (al. ܙܲܪܩܘܼܦܬܵܐ zrqwptʾ zarqup̄tā)
Syr. zrnpʾ ← NP zarnāpā, zarnapā a cameleopard (Steingass 616); Syr. zrʾph, zwrʾph ← NP, Arab. zarāf, zarrāf; zurāfa, zurāfat a giraffe, a cameleopard (Steingass 613). The word is said to be of African origin: Lagarde compares Ethiop. zarāt; zrnwptʾ is derived by means of the Syr. fem. suffix -tā ● zrnpʾ Cat Cambr 547; ON 15, 22; BB 702, 11; zrʾph Bh chr 147, 9; zwrʾph MiS 530 c 33; zrnwptʾ BB 702, 14; 704, 6 ◆ LS 207a, b; Lagarde GA 47, 119; Duval index pers. 219