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
Declension of noun طُوفَان (ṭūfān)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal طُوفَان
ṭūfān		 الطُّوفَان
aṭ-ṭūfān		 طُوفَان
ṭūfān
Nominative طُوفَانٌ
ṭūfānun		 الطُّوفَانُ
aṭ-ṭūfānu		 طُوفَانُ
ṭūfānu
Accusative طُوفَانًا
ṭūfānan		 الطُّوفَانَ
aṭ-ṭūfāna		 طُوفَانَ
ṭūfāna
Genitive طُوفَانٍ
ṭūfānin		 الطُّوفَانِ
aṭ-ṭūfāni		 طُوفَانِ
ṭūfāni

Descendants
  • → Azerbaijani: tufan
  • → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
  • → Classical Persian: طُوفَان (tūfān) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Portuguese: tufão
    • → English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)
  • → Swahili: tufani
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan)
    • Turkish: tufan
    • → Armenian: թուֆան (tʻufan)
  • → Rohingya: tufán
  • → Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon)
  • → Uzbek: toʻfon

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

طُوفَان • (tufân)

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

Descendants

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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