טײַפֿון

Yiddish

Etymology

Borrowed from English typhoon, possibly via German Taifun and/or Russian тайфу́н (tajfún).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taɪ̯ˈfʊn/

Noun

טײַפֿון • (tayfun) m, plural טײַפֿונען (tayfunen)

1. typhoon

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “typhoon”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN