तूफ़ान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طوفان (tūfān), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān). Compare Bengali তুফান (tuphan), Marathi तुफान (tuphān), Punjabi ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān), Sylheti ꠔꠥꠚꠣꠘ (tufáno), English typhoon.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪uː.fɑːn/, [t̪uː.fä̃ːn], /t̪uː.pʰɑːn/, [t̪uː.pʰä̃ːn]

Noun

तूफ़ान • (tūfān) m (Urdu spelling طوفان)

1. storm, tempest

   तूफ़ान से कोई हानि नहीं पहुँची।

   tūfān se koī hāni nahī̃ pahũcī.

   The storm caused no damage.

   ज़बरदस्त तूफ़ान उबल रहा था।

   zabardast tūfān ubal rahā thā.

   A heavy storm was brewing.

2. hurricane

Declension

Declension of तूफ़ान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तूफ़ान tūfān	तूफ़ान tūfān
oblique	तूफ़ान tūfān	तूफ़ानों tūfānõ
vocative	तूफ़ान tūfān	तूफ़ानो tūfāno

Synonyms

• आँधी (āndhī)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “तूफ़ान”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.