طوفان

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

• IPA^(key): /tˤuː.faːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

طُوفَان • (ṭūfān) m

1. storm
2. deluge
3. inundation
4. 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

• → Azerbaijani: tufan
• → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
• → Classical Persian: طُوفَان (tūfān) (see there for further descendants)
• → Portuguese: tufão
  • → English: typhoon (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: tufani
• → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان (tufan)
  • Turkish: tufan
  • → Armenian: թուֆան (tʻufan)
• → Rohingya: tufán
• → 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, page 22

Malay

Noun

طوفان (plural طوفان-طوفان or طوفان۲, informal 1st possessive طوفانکو, 2nd possessive طوفانمو, 3rd possessive طوفانڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of taufan

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tuː.ˈfɑːn]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuː.fɑ́ːn]

• (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

Dari	طوفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тӯфон

طوفان • (tufân) (plural طوفان‌ها (tufân-hâ))

1. storm
2. flood
3. deluge
4. typhoon

Proper noun

طُوفَان • (tufân)

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

Descendants

• → Dhivehi: ޠޫފާން (ţūfān̊)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān)

  Urdu: طُوفَان (tūfān)

• → 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

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ.fɑː.nᵊ/

Noun

طُوفان • (t̤ūfān) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਫਾਨ)

1. hurricane, typhoon.
2. storm

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)

1. storm
2. flood
3. deluge
4. inundation
5. typhoon
6. hurricane

Synonyms

• آندھی (āṅdhī)