طوفان
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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
Noun
طُوفَان • (ṭūfān) m
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
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: tufan
- → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
- → Classical Persian: طُوفَان (tūfān) (see there for further descendants)
- → Malay:
- → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan)
- → 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 (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
Malay
Noun
طوفان (plural طوفان-طوفان or طوفان۲, informal 1st possessive طوفانکو, 2nd possessive طوفانمو, 3rd possessive طوفانڽ)
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| 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))
Proper noun
طُوفَان • (tufân)
- a male given name, Toufan, Toofan, or Tufan, from Arabic
Descendants
- → Dhivehi: ޠޫފާން (ţūfān̊)
- → Hindustani:
- → Kannada: ತುಫಾನು (tuphānu)
- → Punjabi: ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān)
- → Sindhi: طوفان (tūfānu)
- → Telugu: తుఫాను (tuphānu)
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian طوفان (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
Pronunciation
Noun
طُوفان • (t̤ūfān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਫਾਨ)
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian طوفان (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪uː.fɑːn/
- Rhymes: -ɑːn
Noun
طُوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)
Synonyms
- آندھی (āṅdhī)