طوفان

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

Declension

Declension of noun **طُوفَان** (ṭūfān)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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
→ Classical Persian: طُوفَان (tūfān) (see there for further descendants)
→ Malay: taufan
- Indonesian: topan
→ Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan)
- Turkish: tufan
- → Armenian: թուֆան (tʻufan)
→ Portuguese: tufão
- → English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)
→ Rohingya: tufán
→ Swahili: tufani
⇒ Spanish: tifón
→ Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon)
→ Uzbek: toʻfon

References

Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[1] (in German), volume 84, page 25
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎^[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, →DOI, page 22

Malay

Noun

طوفان (plural طوفان-طوفان or طوفان٢)

Jawi spelling of taufan.‎‎

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuː.ˈfaːn/

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

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.fɒ́ːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɵ.fɔ́n]

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

Noun


Iranian Persian	طوفان
Dari	طوفان
Tajik	тӯфон

طوفان • (tufân) (plural طوفان‌ها)

Descendants

→ Bengali: তুফান (tuphan)
→ Dhivehi: ޠޫފާން (ţūfān̊)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān)

Urdu: طُوفَان (tūfān)
→ Kannada: ತುಫಾನು (tuphānu)
→ Marathi: तुफान (tuphān)
→ Pashto: توپان (tupãn)
→ Punjabi: ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān)
→ Sindhi: طوفان (tūfānu)
→ Telugu: తుఫాను (tuphānu)

Proper noun

طُوفَان • (tufân)

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

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ.fɑː.nᵊ/

Noun

طُوفان • (t̤ūfān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਫਾਨ)

hurricane, typhoon
storm

Declension

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Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪uː.fɑːn/
Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

طُوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)

Declension

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