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

• → Bengali: তুফান (tufan)
• → Persian: طوفان‎ (tufân)
  • → Hindustani:
    • → Hindi: तूफ़ान (tūfān)
    • → Urdu: طوفان‎ (tūfān)
  • → Punjabi: ਤੁਫਾਨ (tuphān)
  • → Sindhi: طوفان‎ (tūfānu)
• → Portuguese: tufão
• → Swahili: tufani
• → Ottoman Turkish: طوفان‎ (tufan)
  • Turkish: tufan
  • → Armenian: թուֆան (tʿufan)
• → Rohingya: tufán
• → Tajik: тӯфон (tüfon)

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

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic طُوفَان‎ (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːˈfɑːn/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːˈfɑːn/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /tuːˈfɒːn/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /tuˈfɔn/

Noun

Dari	طوفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тӯфон (tüfon)

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

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

Proper noun

طوفان • (tufân)

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

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian طوفان‎ (tufân), 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 Persian طوفان‎ (tufân), from Arabic طُوفَان‎ (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪uː.fɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

طوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)

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

Synonyms

• آندھی‎ (āṅdhī)