طوفان

See also: توپان

Arabic

Etymology

Through Aramaic ܛܘܦܢܐ / טוֹפָנָא (ṭōpānā) (Classical Syriac ܛܲܘܦܵܢܵܐ (ṭawpānā)) from a Sinitic language; compare Cantonese 大風大风 (daai6 fung1, “big wind”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tˤuː.faːn/
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

طُوفَان • (ṭūfān) m

  1. storm
  2. deluge
  3. inundation
  4. typhoon

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Ahrens, Karl (1930), “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (in German), volume 84, page 25
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuː.fɑ́ːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [t̪ʰuː.fɑ́ːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [t̪ʰu.fɔ́ːn]

Readings
Classical reading? tūfān
Dari reading? tūfān
Iranian reading? tufân
Tajik reading? tüfon

Noun

Dari طوفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik тӯфон

طوفان • (tufân) (plural طوفان‌ها (tufân-hâ))

  1. storm
  2. flood
  3. deluge
  4. typhoon

Proper noun

طوفان • (tufân)

  1. a male given name, Toufan, Toofan, or Tufan, from Arabic

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طوفان (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ʊ.fɑː.nᵊ/

Noun

طُوفان • (t̤ūfān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਫਾਨ)

  1. hurricane, typhoon.
  2. storm

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طوفان (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

Noun

طُوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)

  1. storm
  2. flood
  3. deluge
  4. inundation
  5. typhoon
  6. hurricane

Synonyms

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