ܛܘܦܢܐ

ܛܘܦܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From a Sinitic language, reinterpreted as from the root ܛ-ܘ-ܦ‎ (ṭ-w-p) related to floating; compare Cantonese 大風／大风 (daai⁶ fung¹, “big wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tˤawpɑnɑ] (singular)
• IPA^(key): [tˤawpɑne] (plural)

Noun

ܛܘܦܢܐ • (ṭawpānā) m (plural ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānē))

1. flood, deluge, inundation

   Synonyms: ܓܪܦܐ‎, ܐܡܫܐ‎

Inflection

    inflection of ܛܘܦܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܛܘܦܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܢ‎
construct	ܛܘܦܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝ‎
emphatic	ܛܘܦܢܐ	ܛܘܦܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܛܘܦܢܝ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝ‎
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܟ‎
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܝ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝ‎
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܛܘܦܢܗ‎	ܛܘܦܢܘܗܝ‎
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܛܘܦܢܗ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܗ‎
1st c. pl. (our)	ܛܘܦܢܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܢ‎
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܘܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܘܢ‎
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܛܘܦܢܟܝܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܟܝܢ‎
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܛܘܦܢܗܘܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܘܢ‎
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܛܘܦܢܗܝܢ‎	ܛܘܦܢܝܗܝܢ‎

Antonyms

• ܝܒܫܢܐ‎

Descendants

• → Arabic: طُوفَان‎ (ṭūfān)
  • → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
  • → Persian: طوفان‎ (tufân)
    • → Hindustani:
      • → Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān)
      • → Urdu: طوفان‎ (tūfān)
    • → Punjabi: ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān)
    • → Sindhi: طوفان‎ (tūfānu)
  • → Portuguese: tufão
  • → Swahili: tufani
  • → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان‎ (tufan)
    • Turkish: tufan
    • → Armenian: թուֆան (tʿufan)
  • → Rohingya: tufán
  • → Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon)
  • → Portuguese: tufão
    • → English: typhoon
      • → Finnish: taifuuni
      • → German: Taifun
        • → Romanian: taifun
      • → Russian: тайфу́н (tajfún)
        • → Georgian: ტაიფუნი (ṭaipuni)
        • → Kazakh: тайфун (taifun)
      • → Turkish: tayfun

References

• “ṭwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 124b
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170a
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 520a