طوفان

See also: توپان

Arabic

Etymology

Through Classical Syriac ܛܰܘܦܳܢܳܐ (ṭawpānā) from a Sinitic language; compare Cantonese 大風／大风 (daai6 fung1, “big wind”).

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

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

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʰuːˈfɒːn]

Noun

Dari	طوفان
Iranian Persian
Tajik	тӯфон

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.

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Urdu

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian طوفان (tufân), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān).

Noun

طوفان • (tūfān) m (Hindi spelling तूफ़ान)

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

Synonyms

• آندھی (āṅdhī)