طوفان
See also: توپان
Arabic
Etymology
Through 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
- storm
- deluge
- inundation
- 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
- → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
- → Persian: طوفان (tufân)
- → Hindustani:
- → Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān)
- → Urdu: طوفان (tūfān)
- → Punjabi: ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān)
- → Sindhi: طوفان (tūfānu)
- → Hindustani:
- → Portuguese: tufão
- → Swahili: tufani
- → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan)
- Turkish: tufan
- → Armenian: թուֆան (tʿufan)
- → Rohingya: tufán
- → Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon)
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
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /tuːˈfɑːn/
- (Dari Persian) IPA(key): /tuːˈfɑːn/
- (Iranian Persian) IPA(key): /tuːˈfɒːn/
- (Tajik) IPA(key): /tuˈfɔn/
Noun
Dari | طوفان |
---|---|
Iranian Persian | |
Tajik | тӯфон (tüfon) |
طوفان • (tufân) (plural طوفانها (tufân-hâ))
- storm
- flood
- deluge
- typhoon
Proper noun
طوفان • (tufân)
- a male given name, Toufan, Toofan, or Tufan, from Arabic
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian طوفان (tufân), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪ʊ.fɑː.nᵊ/
Noun
طُوفان • (t̤ūfān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਫਾਨ)
- hurricane, typhoon.
- storm
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian طوفان (tufân), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪uː.fɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
طوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)
- storm
- flood
- deluge
- inundation
- typhoon
- hurricane
Synonyms
- آندھی (āṅdhī)