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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
Noun
ܛܘܦܢܐ • (ṭawpānā) m (plural ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānē))
- flood, deluge, inundation
- Synonyms: ܓܪܦܐ, ܐܡܫܐ
Inflection
Antonyms
Descendants
- → Arabic: طُوفَان (ṭūfān) (see there for further descendants)
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