ܛܘܦܢܐ

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Classical Syriac[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Sinitic language, reinterpreted as from the root ܛ-ܘ-ܦ (ṭ-w-p) related to floating; compare Cantonese 大風大风 (daai6 fung1, “big wind”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [tˤawpɑnɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [tˤawpɑne] (plural)

Noun[edit]

ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānām (plural ܛܘܦܢܐ (ṭawpānē))

  1. flood, deluge, inundation
    Synonyms: ܓܪܦܐ, ܐܡܫܐ

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Descendants[edit]

  • Arabic: طُوفَان (ṭūfān) (see there for further descendants)

References[edit]

  • ṭwpn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 124b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 170a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana; Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 520a