tyfoon

Meaning

1. (masculine) typhoon
2. (masculine) train horn

Concepts

typhoon

cyclone

🌀

waterspout

Synonyms

taifoen

orkaan

cycloon

🌀

wervelstorm

🌀

Translations

Taifun

tifón

typhon

tufão

τυφώνας

typhonas

ouragan

tifona

tifone

tayfun

tropischer Wirbelsturm

tifó

περιδινητής

κυκλώνας

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tiˈfoːn/

Etymology

Cognate with Mandarin Chinese: 大风

Cognate with Cantonese: 大風

Cognate with Arabic: طُوفَان

Cognate with Hindi: तूफ़ान

Cognate with Persian: توفان

Cognate with Ancient Greek: Τυφῶν

In summary

Probably ultimately of Sinitic origin, Mandarin 大风 (dàfēng, “big wind”), Cantonese 大風 /大风 (daai⁶ fung¹, “big wind”), via Arabic طُوفَان (ṭūfān), Hindi तूफ़ान (tūfān), and Persian توفان (tufân).
Ancient Greek Τυφῶν (Tuphôn, “Typhon, father of the winds”) is unrelated but has secondarily contaminated the word:
given the location of typhoons as a Pacific Ocean phenomenon, it is more likely it began east and moved west.