ܛܘܦܢܐ

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Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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From aSiniticlanguage, reinterpreted as from the rootܛ-ܘ-ܦ(ṭ-w-p)related to floating; compareCantoneseĐại phongĐại phong(daai6fung1,“big wind” ).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܛܘܦܢܐ(ṭawpānā)m(pluralܛܘܦܢܐ(ṭawpānē))

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

Inflection

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Antonyms

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Descendants

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

References

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  • ṭwpn”,inThe 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,page124b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie(1903)A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D.,Oxford: Clarendon Press,page170a
  • 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, page520a