tufan

Betekenis (Engels)

1. the Flood, the Deluge
2. (figuratively) strong rain
3. (figuratively) a strong or violent thing

Sinonieme

afet

kıyamet

yerkabuğundaki ani ve aşırı değişme

Vertalings

déluge

Sintflut

deluge

cataclysme

cataclysm

inundate

the Flood

Naturkatastrophe

cataclisme

Kataklysmus

kataklysmós

storm

κατακλυσμός

diluvi universal

ṭūfān Nūaḥ

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/tuːˈfan/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Ottoman Turkish: طوفان

Verwante met Kantonees: 大風

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طوفان (tufan), from Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān), itself from a Sinitic language (cfr. Cantonese 大風 /大风 (daai⁶ fung¹)). Doublet of tayfun.